Energy Efficiency and Integration of Urban Electrical Transport Systems: EVs and Metro-Trains of Two Real European Lines
Transport is a main source of pollutants in cities, where air quality is a major concern. New transport technologies, such as electric vehicles, and public transport modalities, such as urban railways, have arisen as solutions to this important problem. One of the main difficulties for the adoption...
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| author | Adrián Fernández-Rodríguez Antonio Fernández-Cardador Asunción P. Cucala Maria Carmen Falvo |
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| description | Transport is a main source of pollutants in cities, where air quality is a major concern. New transport technologies, such as electric vehicles, and public transport modalities, such as urban railways, have arisen as solutions to this important problem. One of the main difficulties for the adoption of electric vehicles by consumers is the scarcity of a suitable charging infrastructure. The use of the railway power supplies to charge electric vehicle batteries could facilitate the deployment of charging infrastructure in cities. It would reduce the cost because of the use of an existing installation. Furthermore, electric vehicles can use braking energy from trains that was previously wasted in rheostats. This paper presents the results of a collaboration between research teams from University of Rome Sapienza and Comillas Pontifical University. In this work, two real European cases are studied: an Italian metro line and a Spanish metro line. The energy performance of these metro lines and their capacity to charge electric vehicles have been studied by means of detailed simulation tools. Their results have shown that the use of regenerated energy is 98% for short interval of trains in both cases. However, the use of regenerated energy decreases as the train intervals grow. In a daily operation, an important amount of regenerated energy is wasted in the Italian and Spanish case. Using this energy, a significant number of electric vehicles could be charged every day. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1493d80b80094967bcbd9d14a6d37a8a2022-12-22T03:58:38ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732019-01-0112336610.3390/en12030366en12030366Energy Efficiency and Integration of Urban Electrical Transport Systems: EVs and Metro-Trains of Two Real European LinesAdrián Fernández-Rodríguez0Antonio Fernández-Cardador1Asunción P. Cucala2Maria Carmen Falvo3Institute for Research in Technology, ICAI School of Engineering, Comillas Pontifical University, 23 Alberto Aguilera Street, 28015 Madrid, SpainInstitute for Research in Technology, ICAI School of Engineering, Comillas Pontifical University, 23 Alberto Aguilera Street, 28015 Madrid, SpainInstitute for Research in Technology, ICAI School of Engineering, Comillas Pontifical University, 23 Alberto Aguilera Street, 28015 Madrid, SpainDIAEE—Electrical Engineering, University of Rome Sapienza, via delle Sette Sale 12b, 00184 Rome, ItalyTransport is a main source of pollutants in cities, where air quality is a major concern. New transport technologies, such as electric vehicles, and public transport modalities, such as urban railways, have arisen as solutions to this important problem. One of the main difficulties for the adoption of electric vehicles by consumers is the scarcity of a suitable charging infrastructure. The use of the railway power supplies to charge electric vehicle batteries could facilitate the deployment of charging infrastructure in cities. It would reduce the cost because of the use of an existing installation. Furthermore, electric vehicles can use braking energy from trains that was previously wasted in rheostats. This paper presents the results of a collaboration between research teams from University of Rome Sapienza and Comillas Pontifical University. In this work, two real European cases are studied: an Italian metro line and a Spanish metro line. The energy performance of these metro lines and their capacity to charge electric vehicles have been studied by means of detailed simulation tools. Their results have shown that the use of regenerated energy is 98% for short interval of trains in both cases. However, the use of regenerated energy decreases as the train intervals grow. In a daily operation, an important amount of regenerated energy is wasted in the Italian and Spanish case. Using this energy, a significant number of electric vehicles could be charged every day.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/3/366urban railwayselectric vehiclesregenerated energyenergy efficiency |
| spellingShingle | Adrián Fernández-Rodríguez Antonio Fernández-Cardador Asunción P. Cucala Maria Carmen Falvo Energy Efficiency and Integration of Urban Electrical Transport Systems: EVs and Metro-Trains of Two Real European Lines Energies urban railways electric vehicles regenerated energy energy efficiency |
| title | Energy Efficiency and Integration of Urban Electrical Transport Systems: EVs and Metro-Trains of Two Real European Lines |
| title_full | Energy Efficiency and Integration of Urban Electrical Transport Systems: EVs and Metro-Trains of Two Real European Lines |
| title_fullStr | Energy Efficiency and Integration of Urban Electrical Transport Systems: EVs and Metro-Trains of Two Real European Lines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy Efficiency and Integration of Urban Electrical Transport Systems: EVs and Metro-Trains of Two Real European Lines |
| title_short | Energy Efficiency and Integration of Urban Electrical Transport Systems: EVs and Metro-Trains of Two Real European Lines |
| title_sort | energy efficiency and integration of urban electrical transport systems evs and metro trains of two real european lines |
| topic | urban railways electric vehicles regenerated energy energy efficiency |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/3/366 |
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