Solar Powered Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles

A Sustainable Development
2. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-041-13944-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

The transitions to renewable energy and electric vehicles have both been rapidly evolving in recent years, and these two developments are converging in exciting, important ways. Solar-powered charging stations are becoming more common, as are electric cars, trucks, buses, and bikes. Along with these synergistic developments come a number of implications: the transition to smart electrical grids that enable better demand management of energy, increased use of battery storage and even battery swapping systems, and the hope for better air quality and sustainable development worldwide. Advancements across all of these topics are updated, expanded, and discussed in this thoroughly updated second edition.

Features in the Second Edition

- Offers a sustainable and environmentally friendly solution for charging electric vehicles, promoting clean energy and reducing the carbon footprint associated with EV charging.

- Emphasizes the progress in the transition to electric vehicles of all types and the development of solar powered charging infrastructure for them.

- Explains battery energy storage, including swapping systems, to enable electric vehicle charging as needed for sustainable demand management.

- Discusses a grid with 100% carbon free energy sources, and solar powered homes with charging for electric vehicles and batteries.

- Includes new content on the developments across the world, including the US, China, Europe, and elsewhere, as well as progress made at a global scale.

Whether you’re a professional involved in the transition to renewable energy and electric vehicles in industry and government, or a teacher, a student, a reader interested in learning about sustainable energy, sustainable transportation topics, and solar-powered alternatives, this book is for you. It offers clear and practical information.

Zielgruppe

General, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Erickson, Larry E.

Brase, Gary L.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Energie
• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Fahrzeugtechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction. 2. Electric Vehicles. 3. Solar Powered Charging Stations (SPCSs). 4. Infrastructure for Charging Electric Vehicles. 5. Batteries and Energy Storage. 6. Electrical Grid Modernization. 7. Distributed Renewable Energy Generation. 8. Urban Air Quality. 9. Economics, Finance, and Policy. 10. Sustainable Development. 11. International Opportunities. 12. Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Larry E. Erickson is Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering at Kansas State University where he has been involved in teaching and research for more than 40 years. He directed the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Hazardous Substance Research Center from 1989- 2003 and the Center for Hazardous Substance Research from 1985-2018. He has helped to provide leadership for the NATO project New Phytotechnology for Cleaning Contaminated Military Sites. He has published several books and helped as a co-author of over 400 professional publications. His B.S. and PhD are in Chemical Engineering from Kansas State University.

Gary L. Brase is a Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Kansas State University and Associate Department Head. He studies complex human decision making using social, cognitive, and evolutionary theories. Dr. Brase’s research includes work on topics such as medical decisions, decisions about sustainability issues, relationship and fertility decision making, personality and mating decisions, and reasoning about social rules. He has done applied research on consumer decision making in areas such as cybersecurity, electric vehicle and solar power adoption, and other sustainable behaviors. Dr. Brase has over 100 journal and book chapter publications and over 120 research presentations.