A Multistage Design Procedure for Planning and Implementing Public Charging Infrastructures for Electric Vehicles
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Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, Via Marengo 2, 09123 Cagliari, Italy
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Novel Electric Propulsion Systems, NEPSY srl, Via Logudoro 8, 09127 Cagliari, Italy
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Sustainability 2020, 12(7), 2889; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12072889
Received: 24 February 2020
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Revised: 27 March 2020
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Accepted: 2 April 2020
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Published: 5 April 2020
(This article belongs to the Collection Urban Energy Management and Sustainable Transportation)
Presented in this paper is a Multistage Design Procedure (MSDP) for planning and implementing Public Charging Infrastructures (PCIs) to satisfy intracity charging demand of Electric Vehicles (EVs). The proposed MSDP splits planning and design processes into multiple stages, from macroscale to fine-scale levels. Consequently, the preliminary results achieved at each stage can be refined at the subsequent stages, leading to determine the accurate number and precise geographical location of each charging point. The main advantage of the proposed approach is that it splits a very complicated procedure into multiple and simpler stages, at each of which appropriate goals, targets and constraints can be included. As a result, the iterative interactions among all the stakeholders involved in the PCI design process are significantly simplified. The proposed MSDP has been employed in the planning and design of the PCI of the Italian island of Sardinia, accordingly to all the public bodies.
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Keywords:
charging infrastructure; electric mobility; electric vehicles; intracity charging; planning; urban infrastructure; transportation electrification
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Porru, M.; Serpi, A.; Mureddu, M.; Damiano, A. A Multistage Design Procedure for Planning and Implementing Public Charging Infrastructures for Electric Vehicles. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2889. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12072889
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Porru M, Serpi A, Mureddu M, Damiano A. A Multistage Design Procedure for Planning and Implementing Public Charging Infrastructures for Electric Vehicles. Sustainability. 2020; 12(7):2889. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12072889
Chicago/Turabian StylePorru, Mario, Alessandro Serpi, Mario Mureddu, and Alfonso Damiano. 2020. "A Multistage Design Procedure for Planning and Implementing Public Charging Infrastructures for Electric Vehicles" Sustainability 12, no. 7: 2889. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12072889
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