Print Email Facebook Twitter The electrical demand by transport on the grid after oil depletion Title The electrical demand by transport on the grid after oil depletion Author J.J. Wolmarans, J.J. Ferreira, J.A. Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Date 2007 Abstract At the hand of a case study alternative energy sources, methods of transportation and their effect on the electricity grid oncefossilfuels have been depleted is discussed. Three methods of sustainable transport are presented. The energy requirement for each is calculated as well as the requirements from the electricity grid for traveling a 200km route. All three proposed methods are compared to current methods of transport. Specifically, the Superbus, an all electric vehicle, has also been considered as an alternative to future transport. The results obtained indicates that the Superbus is the better option regarding energy requirement from the electricity grid, while at the same time traveling at high speeds to make point to point transportation fast. Subject Superbus, mass transport, electricity grid, renewable energy To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:314a2fcc-43b0-4590-9c1b-6f25bb06232e Publisher IEEE Source PES PowerAfrica 2007, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 16-20, 2007 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2007 J.J. Wolmarans, J.J.; Ferreira, J.A. Files PDF 2007-10.pdf 2.24 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:314a2fcc-43b0-4590-9c1b-6f25bb06232e/datastream/OBJ/view