ASPIRE Improves Forecasting for Electrified Roadway Power Demands
Outcome/Accomplishment
The NSF-funded Engineering Research Center (ERC) Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification (NSF ASPIRE), headquartered at Utah State University, is improving forecasting of electricity demand under varying electric vehicle (EV) adoption scenarios.
Impact/Benefits
NSF ASPIRE’s electrified roadway research contributes to developing new infrastructure that would make it easier for passenger cars and heavy-duty trucks alike to charge on the go, and not have to worry that their vehicle lacks the range to travel between stationary charging stations.
Explanation/Background
The ASPIRE team is developing and testing advanced simulations of electric roads and the optimization of transportation–power systems. These tools integrate connected vehicle data streams with slow time-scale traffic dynamics on electric roadways, as well as grid models for grid demand estimation, planning, operation, and system efficiency. Successes include establishing scaling laws to describe how harmonics are affected by traffic conditions.
These advances are already informing plans and deployments. Informed by ASPIRE’s dynamic wireless power transfer (DWPT) pilot programs, these efforts cross-validate with real-world pilot projects, including an associated U.S. Department of Energy project, “MD-HD ZEV Infrastructure Planning with Focus on I-80 Midwest (IN-IL-OH) Corridor.”
Location
Logan, Utahwebsite
Start Year
Energy and Sustainability
Energy and Smart Infrastructure
Lead Institution
Core Partners
Fact Sheet
Outcome/Accomplishment
The NSF-funded Engineering Research Center (ERC) Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification (NSF ASPIRE), headquartered at Utah State University, is improving forecasting of electricity demand under varying electric vehicle (EV) adoption scenarios.
Location
Logan, Utahwebsite
Start Year
Energy and Sustainability
Energy and Smart Infrastructure
Lead Institution
Core Partners
Fact Sheet
Impact/benefits
NSF ASPIRE’s electrified roadway research contributes to developing new infrastructure that would make it easier for passenger cars and heavy-duty trucks alike to charge on the go, and not have to worry that their vehicle lacks the range to travel between stationary charging stations.
Explanation/Background
The ASPIRE team is developing and testing advanced simulations of electric roads and the optimization of transportation–power systems. These tools integrate connected vehicle data streams with slow time-scale traffic dynamics on electric roadways, as well as grid models for grid demand estimation, planning, operation, and system efficiency. Successes include establishing scaling laws to describe how harmonics are affected by traffic conditions.
These advances are already informing plans and deployments. Informed by ASPIRE’s dynamic wireless power transfer (DWPT) pilot programs, these efforts cross-validate with real-world pilot projects, including an associated U.S. Department of Energy project, “MD-HD ZEV Infrastructure Planning with Focus on I-80 Midwest (IN-IL-OH) Corridor.”