
Electric Road System: System solutions for operation and maintenance
Swedish government (GoS) has focused on realizing a fossil fuel-independent vehicle fleet by 2030 that will require a revolutionary transformation.
Swedish government (GoS) has focused on realizing a fossil fuel-independent vehicle fleet by 2030 that will require a revolutionary transformation. Electrifying the transport through Electric Road Systems (ERS) can facilitate this transformation. ERS can be made attractive through increased availability, affordability, and accessibility. GoS recommended to invest on maintenance of ERS. Failure to implement effective operation and maintenance (O&M) solutions will lead to higher cost, increase in accidents, and loss of trust. Hence, the main purpose of the project is to explore the issues, challenges, opportunities, risks, and threats of adapting and transferring the knowledge of O&M from railway sector to ERS. The outcomes are feasibility report, O&M solutions for ES, and business models for O&M. This study will be beneficial not only to the infrastructure manager but also for other business who might be interested to transfer their knowledge of O&M solutions from railway to ERS.
Purpose and Objectives
The main purpose of the project is to explore the issues, challenges, opportunities, risks, and threats of adapting and transferring the knowledge of railway sector condition-based maintenance to “electric road system” (ERS). The objectives of this project are:
- To identify the issues, challenges, opportunities, risks, and threats of condition-based maintenance of ERS in a multistakeholder environment
- To explore applicability of the existing condition monitoring techniques for catenary systems and vegetation from railways to ERS
- To develop appropriate business models for electric road system (including infrastructure, e-trucks, and e-buses)
- To facilitate for the development of a roadmap for the system solutions for operation and maintenance of ERS
Partners
The project partners are LTU, JVTC, Trafikverket, Damill AB, Infranord AB, and Atritec AB. The total project cost is SEK 1.8 million. This feasibility project is funded by Energimyndigheten on call “Forskning och innovation inom elektromobilitet” for the duration 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31.
Adithya Thaduri, Amit Patwardhan, Veronica Jägare and Ramin Karim
Contact
Ramin Karim
- Professor and Head of Subject
- 0920-492344
- ramin.karim@ltu.se
- Ramin Karim
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