Bus Electrification in Hong Kong: Energy Consumption Prediction and Charging Facility Planning
Project Description
This study will contribute to the electrification of buses in Hong Kong by providing a comprehensive assessment of energy demand of buses running on all existing franchised routes operated in the city. Specifically, we will estimate the possible electricity usage for fully electrified bus routes and identify those with intensive energy demand and hence would be problematic to fully electrify.
Supervisor
ZHU, Pengyu
Quota
10
Course type
UROP1100
UROP2100
UROP3100
UROP3200
UROP4100
Applicant's Roles
1) the student will collect driving cycle data with a GPS device
2) the student will be responsible for cleaning driving profile data collected from GPS devices, including correcting deviated GPS points based on road polygons.
3) the student will be responsible for monitoring GPS data quality and reporting to the supervisor
2) the student will be responsible for cleaning driving profile data collected from GPS devices, including correcting deviated GPS points based on road polygons.
3) the student will be responsible for monitoring GPS data quality and reporting to the supervisor
Applicant's Learning Objectives
1) the student will get familiar with official geospatial datasets and learn about the potential of such datasets for academic research
2) the student will learn how to apply GIS software and skills in academic research
3) the student will gain knowledge about the energy simulation model used for electricity demand estimate.
2) the student will learn how to apply GIS software and skills in academic research
3) the student will gain knowledge about the energy simulation model used for electricity demand estimate.
Complexity of the project
Moderate