Advanced OR and AI Methods in Transportation SIMULATION MODEL FOR THE MISSION PROFILES AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF A TRANSIT MODE

The objective of the paper consists in the development of a valid procedure able to plan the addition of Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) to existing lines. This led to the elaboration of the 3 analytical models that evaluate mission profiles (speed vs space and time), energy consumption and battery autonomy of an electric urban transit mode/vehicle. The models are determined on the basis of the characteristics of the line, of the various service condition and of the technical and performance characteristics of the vehicle considered. The mission profile model allows to discriminate between the various types of diagrams, triangular or trapezoidal, according to the values assumed by a parameter called “profile ratio” and the running speed that exclusively considers stops due to traffic.