Ferramenta computacional para avaliação de desempenho de ônibus elétricos em rotas urbanas

Abstract

This article's focal point is to present the results of a computational tool that, based on physical and mathematical models, aims to evaluate the performance of electric buses on urban routes, given that the growth in the use of collective electric vehicles in urban mobility in large cities is notable. The development of this tool covers constructive aspects (battery information, vehicle mass, vehicle area) and functional aspects (distance traveled, average speed, operating time, route altitude, number of passengers) of electric buses, whose intention is to creation a scenario that simulates the behavior of currently existing electric bus models with a closer approximation to a real system. Vehicle performance analyzes are carried out based on a series of data and graphs relating to the performance of the battery charge, which is the main equipment of these vehicles.