A simulation approach to analyse the impacts of battery swap stations for e-motorcycles in Africa
Sheehan, Cameron S and Green, Tim C and Daina, Nicolò; (2021) A simulation approach to analyse the impacts of battery swap stations for e-motorcycles in Africa. In: 2021 IEEE AFRICON. IEEE, Piscataway, N.J., pp. 1-6. ISBN 9781665447485 (https://doi.org/10.1109/AFRICON51333.2021.9570895)
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Abstract
Electric motorcycles are being introduced in some African countries to combat the negative environmental impacts from the rapid growth in the use of traditional internal combustion engine motorcycle taxis. However, the electricity systems in many of these countries are strained, with generation and/or distribution capacity at their limits, leading to regular power outages that could impact the charging of these e-motorcycles. These fragile grids may be put under further strain by additional e-motorcycle charging. Commercial motorcycle taxi drivers may not be willing to wait for extended periods to charge during their shift. The use of battery swapping stations could mitigate these issues. However, modelling of their system impacts is required to fully understand their potential. This paper presents a hybrid model to simulate the key operational processes of battery swapping stations and their energy systems, allowing various configurations and scenarios to be investigated for the specific context of e-motorcycles in Africa. The configuration parameters include the numbers of batteries and charging slots, the charging power, and the addition of solar PV and static battery energy storage capacity. Power outages can be modelled for various scenarios. A test case of a battery swap station in Nairobi, Kenya, was used to showcase and validate the model. The results demonstrated how the various sub-models performed and interacted with each other, and clearly showed what impact the chosen BSS configuration would have on the grid.
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Item type: Book Section ID code: 80561 Dates: DateEvent15 September 2021Published7 July 2021AcceptedNotes: © 2021 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting /republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. Subjects: Political Science > International relations
Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineeringDepartment: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Government and Public Policy > Politics Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 05 May 2022 10:38 Last modified: 29 Jun 2024 00:47 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/80561