Print Email Facebook Twitter Analyzing the impact of battery capacity and charging protocols on the dispatchment of electric towing vehicles at a large airport Title Analyzing the impact of battery capacity and charging protocols on the dispatchment of electric towing vehicles at a large airport Author van Oosterom, S.J.M. (TU Delft Air Transport & Operations) Mitici, M.A. (TU Delft Air Transport & Operations) Date 2022 Abstract The aviation industry aims for net-zero emissions by 2050. In this line, achieving climate-neutral ground operations is one of the first objectives. Electric vehicles that tow aircraft during taxiing are a promising technology to achieve climate-neutral ground operations. In this paper, we consider the dispatching of electric towing vehicles at an airport. We study the impact of the maximum battery capacity of these vehicles and the battery recharging protocols, on the total number of electric towing vehicles required at an airport. We propose a mixed-integer linear program to determine the size of the fleet of electric towing vehicles under various battery capacities and various battery recharging protocols. We illustrate our model for one day of operations at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The results show that 41, 29, and 24 ETVs are required to tow all aircraft when batteries capacities of 100 kWh, 320 kWh, and 500 kWh are considered, respectively. Compared with the best performing approach existing in literature, our model reduces the required size of the fleet of electric towing vehicles by 27% when considering a nominal battery size of 320 kWh. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:31b84618-57a6-4834-bfa4-d3fa58001cac DOI https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-3920 Publisher American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. (AIAA) ISBN 978-1-62410-635-4 Source AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum: June 27-July 1, 2022, Chicago, IL & Virtual Event AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum, 2022-06-27 → 2022-07-01, Chicago, United States Series AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum Bibliographical note Correction Notice We forgot to acknowledge the funding source of the paper. We would like to do this in a new section between the conclusion and the references as follows: Acknowledgment This research has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 892928. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2022 S.J.M. van Oosterom, M.A. Mitici Files PDF 6.2022_3920.pdf 1.05 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:31b84618-57a6-4834-bfa4-d3fa58001cac/datastream/OBJ/view