Grid-Aware Charging and Operational Optimization for Mixed-Fleet Public Transit
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| author | Sen, Rishav Sivagnanam, Amutheezan Laszka, Aron Mukhopadhyay, Ayan Dubey, Abhishek |
| author_facet | Sen, Rishav Sivagnanam, Amutheezan Laszka, Aron Mukhopadhyay, Ayan Dubey, Abhishek |
| contents | The rapid growth of urban populations and the increasing need for sustainable transportation solutions have prompted a shift towards electric buses in public transit systems. However, the effective management of mixed fleets consisting of both electric and diesel buses poses significant operational challenges. One major challenge is coping with dynamic electricity pricing, where charging costs vary throughout the day. Transit agencies must optimize charging assignments in response to such dynamism while accounting for secondary considerations such as seating constraints. This paper presents a comprehensive mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) model to address these challenges by jointly optimizing charging schedules and trip assignments for mixed (electric and diesel bus) fleets while considering factors such as dynamic electricity pricing, vehicle capacity, and route constraints. We address the potential computational intractability of the MILP formulation, which can arise even with relatively small fleets, by employing a hierarchical approach tailored to the fleet composition. By using real-world data from the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, we show that our approach can result in significant savings in the operating costs of the mixed transit fleets. |
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| spellingShingle | Grid-Aware Charging and Operational Optimization for Mixed-Fleet Public Transit Sen, Rishav Sivagnanam, Amutheezan Laszka, Aron Mukhopadhyay, Ayan Dubey, Abhishek Optimization and Control Artificial Intelligence Systems and Control 90C11, 90B06 I.0; I.2; J.7; G.1.6 The rapid growth of urban populations and the increasing need for sustainable transportation solutions have prompted a shift towards electric buses in public transit systems. However, the effective management of mixed fleets consisting of both electric and diesel buses poses significant operational challenges. One major challenge is coping with dynamic electricity pricing, where charging costs vary throughout the day. Transit agencies must optimize charging assignments in response to such dynamism while accounting for secondary considerations such as seating constraints. This paper presents a comprehensive mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) model to address these challenges by jointly optimizing charging schedules and trip assignments for mixed (electric and diesel bus) fleets while considering factors such as dynamic electricity pricing, vehicle capacity, and route constraints. We address the potential computational intractability of the MILP formulation, which can arise even with relatively small fleets, by employing a hierarchical approach tailored to the fleet composition. By using real-world data from the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, we show that our approach can result in significant savings in the operating costs of the mixed transit fleets. |
| title | Grid-Aware Charging and Operational Optimization for Mixed-Fleet Public Transit |
| topic | Optimization and Control Artificial Intelligence Systems and Control 90C11, 90B06 I.0; I.2; J.7; G.1.6 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.08753 |