Sensitivity Analysis of the Total Cost of Ownership for Electric Feeder Bus Using Various Types of Energy Storage 2016-01-1721
Urban Mobility is one of the most critical issues at the present. Public transport in connection with feeder bus system is proposed to be one of the main solution. Chulalongkorn University has a fleet of electric feeder bus in operation for a few years now. The fleet service is, however, to be improved because of current limitations in battery energy capacity and long battery charging time. This paper aims to examine the total cost of ownership (TCO) of the electric feeder buses using various types of energy storage. The results on the sensitivity analysis highlight the major parameters that exert strong influence in the TCOs. The fast charging system using supercapacitor battery bus shows the lowest TCO for the present bus fleet. The travel distance (km/year) and operational years were illustrated to be the top two parameters that exert major influence towards the TCO.
Citation: Nilprapunt, W. and Sripakagorn, A., "Sensitivity Analysis of the Total Cost of Ownership for Electric Feeder Bus Using Various Types of Energy Storage," SAE Technical Paper 2016-01-1721, 2016, https://doi.org/10.4271/2016-01-1721. Download Citation
Author(s):
Wachira Nilprapunt, Angkee Sripakagorn
Affiliated:
Chulalongkorn University
Pages: 8
Event:
The 12th International Conference on Automotive Engineering
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Bus systems
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