Electric-bus fast charging at the Santa Barbara MTD

Author

Lemon, Dale ; Griffith, Paul ; Coffman, Zail ; Gleason, Gary

Author_Institution

Santa Barbara Electr. Transp. Inst., CA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

197

Lastpage

198

Abstract

The objectives of the fast charging project are to evaluate the practicality of charging battery strings at high rates, to configure an electric transit-bus with a battery system and battery monitoring system suitable for use in a rapid-recharge environment, to install a high-rate charger (Norvik 300-kW) at a location appropriate for opportunity charging, and to operate the bus and charging system for a period of approximately one year in regular transit service. Issues under evaluation include the extent to which the utility of electric buses can be increased as a result of opportunity charging at rapid-recharge rates, and the influence that rapid charging has on battery health and longevity. The impacts that the on-peak, rapid charging of battery-electric buses has on the utility grid are also under investigation

Keywords

battery chargers; electric vehicles; project engineering; secondary cells; transportation; 300 kW; USA; battery health; battery longevity; battery monitoring system; battery strings charging; battery-electric buses; electric transit bus fast charging; rapid-recharge environment; rapid-recharge rates; utility grid effects; Assembly systems; Batteries; Frequency; Joining processes; Laboratories; Performance evaluation; Temperature; Testing; Transportation; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Battery Conference on Applications and Advances, 1999. The Fourteenth Annual

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

ISSN

1089-8182

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4967-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BCAA.1999.795989

Filename

795989