Optimal deployment of wireless charging lanes considering their adverse effect on road capacity

With the development of wireless charging technology, charging-while-driving now becomes possible. In this paper the authors propose a model to optimize the location of the wireless charging lanes (WCL) by taking into account their effects on road capacity and traveler’s route choice. The model is formulated as a nonlinear programming problem and solved by a linearization method. A new method is developed to reduce the maximum error in the linearization process. The model and solution method are tested on Nguyen-Dupuis and Sioux Falls networks. The numerical results show that relatively high charging power and reasonable budget are necessary to recover the investment when charging lanes are deployed on road network. It is also demonstrated that the impacts of WCL on road capacity drop and travelers’ route choice are not negligible, and should be considered in the determination of WCL location.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2019.12.012
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0968090X19309155
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  • © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • He, Jia
  • Yang, Hai
  • Tang, Tie-Qiao
  • Huang, Hai-Jun
• Publication Date: 2020-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 171-184
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
  • Volume: 111
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0968-090X
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0968090X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deployment; Electric vehicle charging; Electric vehicles; Highway capacity; Location; Optimization; Route choice; Traffic lanes; Wireless communication systems
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01728044
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 28 2020 9:42AM