Electric Road Systems for Cleaner Transportation
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 40
Special Issue Editor
Interests: electrical power engineering; electric and hybrid vehicles; vehicle energy simulation; energy storage; energy management; power system simulation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Through advances in battery and charging technologies, the electrification of road transport continues to advance around the world, serving to mitigate CO2 emissions and fossil fuel consumption. Among the solutions are Electric Road Systems (ERSs), road-integrated electrical systems that can provide electricity directly to electric vehicles and allow them to extend their range by recharging their batteries while driving. Different ERS technologies exist, including rail, catenary, as well as inductive systems. Specially suited to freight applications, these systems contribute to significantly reducing the amount of battery needed for electric trucks, thus reducing their overall environmental impact. However, many challenges remain to be overcome, such as technical issues related to system design and security and those related to economic balance, e.g., business models. This Special Issue will accept contributions related to, but not limited to, the following areas:
- Different ERS designs and their improvement
- Optimization of the global design
- Reliability and safety of the ERS
- Energy management and optimization
- Adapted electric truck design or retrofitting
- ERS modeling and simulation
- Communication vehicle/infrastructure
- Reporting experiments about ERS
- Environmental issues, materials consumption, life cycle assessment
- Economical issues and business models
Dr. Rochdi Trigui
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- electric road
- design
- electric vehicle
- battery charging
- energy management
- infrastructure
- business model
