Partridge, J;
Wu, W;
Bucknall, R;
(2017)
Development of bus drive technology towards zero emissions: a review.
In:
Hybrid Electric Vehicles.
(pp. 33-59).
InTech
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Abstract
This chapter aims to provide a comprehensive review of the latest low emission propulsion vehicles, particularly for bus applications. The challenges for city bus applications and the necessity for low emission technologies for public transportation are addressed. The review will be focusing on the London bus environment which represents one of the busiest bus networks in the world. The low emission bus applications will be analysed from three main areas: hybrid electric buses, battery electric buses and fuel cell buses. This, summarises the main technologies utilised for low emissions urban transportation applications. A comprehensive review of these low emission technologies provide the reader with a general background of the developments in the bus industry and the technologies utilised to improve the performance in terms of both efficiency and emissions reduction. This will conclude with a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of the three main technologies and explore the potential opportunity of each.
Type: | Book chapter |
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Title: | Development of bus drive technology towards zero emissions: a review |
ISBN-13: | 9789535132981 |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.5772/68139 |
Additional information: | © 2017 The Author(s). Licensee InTech. This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Low emission drive, Battery bus, Hybrid electric bus, Fuel cell bus, Vehicle performance |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1551673 |
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