Analysis of series and parallel hybrid bus fuel consumption on different edmonton transit system routes

Author

Liang, X. ; Wang, C. ; Chapelsky, C. ; Koval, D. ; Knight, A.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

fYear

2009

fDate

7-10 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1470

Lastpage

1475

Abstract

Hybrid vehicles are widely used in many cities because of their lower rates of fuel consumption and for environmental initiatives. This paper presents the fuel consumption rate analysis of multiple parallel and series drive train type hybrid buses operating in the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on different urban routes. Based on an analysis of real time daily bus data, the optimal choice between the different types of hybrid buses for Edmonton Transit System (ETS) urban routes is presented and discussed.

Keywords

fuel economy; hybrid electric vehicles; Alberta; Canada; Edmonton transit system; fuel consumption rate analysis; hybrid vehicles; parallel hybrid bus; real time daily bus data; series hybrid bus; urban routes; Batteries; Cities and towns; Fuels; Hybrid electric vehicles; Hybrid power systems; Ice; Internal combustion engines; Real time systems; Traction motors; Wheels; drive train; fuel rate; hybrid electric vehicles (HEV); transit bus;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, 2009. VPPC '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Dearborn, MI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2600-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2601-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VPPC.2009.5289538

Filename

5289538