Fast charge and local public transport: An italian experience

Author

Genovese, Antonino ; Geracitano, Rosario ; Leoncavallo, Luca ; Pede, Giovanni ; Spazzoli, Roberto

Author_Institution

ENEA Casaccia Res. Center, Santa Maria di Galeria, Italy

fYear

2015

fDate

3-5 March 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

This paper describes the research effort on fast charge, carried out by the PBI project, promoted and funded in the framework of the program “Industria 2015”, by the Italian Ministry for Industry. In more detail, i) describes past experiences and state of art for the public transport sector ii) discusses the Zero-Filobus concept and its application to the PBI project iii) expounds design considerations on an integral AC battery charger for the case study; iiii) describes the high power (150 kW) charging station and the experimentation results.

Keywords

battery chargers; battery powered vehicles; public transport; secondary cells; Italian experience; Italian ministry for industry; PBI project; design considerations; electric vehicles; fast charge and local public transport sector; high power charging station; industria 2015; integral AC battery charger; lithium-ion batteries; power 150 kW; zero-filobus concept; Decision support systems; electric propulsion; fast charging; integral battery charger; local public transport;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles (ESARS), 2015 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Aachen

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESARS.2015.7101497

Filename

7101497