Recognized as the next generation of electric vehicles (EVs), vehicle-integrated photovoltaics (VIPVs) have the potential to promote urban sustainable development with their on-road self-energy supply ability. While the research and development of VIPVs are in the early stage, this article explores a possible VIPV application scenario—using VIPVs as garbage trucks (GTs) to facilitate environmentally friendly waste collection in urban systems. Specifically, this article proposes a route planning framework for VIPV-based GTs (VIPV-GTs), which optimizes the route of a VIPV-GT for collecting waste at multiple geographically distributed waste sites (WSs). Energy generation of the VIPV-GT is quantitatively evaluated in the proposed framework through an American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHARE) solar irradiance model. The necessary electricity charging decisions of the VIPV-GT and other operational constraints are modeled and incorporated into the route planning framework. Simulations and comparison studies are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Route Planning of Photovoltaic-Integrated Urban Waste Collection Vehicles
IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification ; 11 , 2 ; 6490-6501
01.04.2025
7987482 byte
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch