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Alternative Powertrains in Urban Mobility—Trends, Challenges and Opportunities in Energy Flow Analysis

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "E: Electric Vehicles".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 21 December 2024 | Viewed by 2236

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Wojciech Cieslik

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Department of Alternative Powertrains, Institute of Combustion Engines and Powertrains, Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
Interests: alternative propulsion systems (hybrid and electric vehicles); fuel injection and combustion processes; outboard motor engines; marine technology; energy management and storage system; renewable energy; alternative fuels; automotive engineering; vehicle diagnostics
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Dr. Slawomir Rosolski

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Institute of Architecture, Urban Planning and Heritage Conservation, Faculty of Architecture, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
Interests: zero energy building; renewable energy; Integration of mobility with residential and commercial buildings; energy flow management-production, storage, consumption
Dr. Łukasz Rymaniak

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Institute of Combustion Engines and Powertrains, Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, 60965, Poznan, Poland
Interests: powertrains operation; aftertreatment systems; emission regulation; two stroke diesel marine engines and history of development automotive

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Electromobility is developing rapidly in all areas of transportation, starting with small personal vehicles and passenger cars through public transportation vehicles and ending with a noticeable expansion in the area of urban transportation services. The search for solutions that reduce energy consumption and simultaneous methods of generating energy should go together for the global success of the energy transition. In this Special Issue, therefore, we are looking for papers both analyzing energy production solutions based on alternative sources, as well as research on their operation in the vehicle‒human‒environment community. However, we also highly value papers related to modules of alternative propulsion such as drivetrain efficiency analysis, ways of energy accumulation in batteries, and influence of the charging method on the energy consumption of a vehicle during its life cycle. Additionally, we are interested in work focused around the energy transition based on fuel cells and the production, transportation, and storage of hydrogen.

Dr. Wojciech Cieslik
Dr. Slawomir Rosolski
Dr. Łukasz Rymaniak
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Keywords

  • alternative powertrains
  • hybrid vehicles
  • electric vehicles
  • energy storage and transfer
  • renewable sources
  • photovoltaic installations

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Empirical Evaluation of the Replacement of Conventionally Powered Vehicles with Hybrid and Electric Vehicles on the Example of the Poznań Agglomeration
by Aleks Jagielski, Andrzej Ziółkowski, Maciej Bednarek and Maciej Siedlecki
Energies 2024, 17(21), 5247; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17215247 - 22 Oct 2024
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From the collected data of the Central Register of Vehicles, an average of 15,000 vehicles were registered per month in the Greater Poland region in 2020–2022. It should be borne in mind that most of them were conventionally powered cars-spark-ignition or compression-ignition engines, [...] Read more.
From the collected data of the Central Register of Vehicles, an average of 15,000 vehicles were registered per month in the Greater Poland region in 2020–2022. It should be borne in mind that most of them were conventionally powered cars-spark-ignition or compression-ignition engines, the daily operation of which negatively affects the environment. Institutions responsible for regulating the homologation of passenger vehicles are introducing increasingly stringent emission standards to reduce the harmful effects of vehicles on the environment. In addition, more and more public campaigns are being conducted on the use of cars equipped with alternative propulsion systems, e.g., electric, full-hybrid or increasingly popular hydrogen-powered vehicles. The publication presents forecasts for the replacement of vehicles equipped with spark-ignition and compression-ignition engines with cars equipped with hybrid propulsion systems or electric systems. Tests of vehicles in real operating conditions were carried out in the Poznań agglomeration in an urban area, where the number of vehicles per area is higher than in the case of a nonurban zone. The research objects were both cars equipped with a conventional drivetrain and a hybrid system. The research made it possible to draw up a hybridization index, which was then applied to the number of vehicles registered over the past few years. Full article
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Two-Wheeled Urban Vehicles—A Review of Emissions Test Regulations and Literature
by Natalia Szymlet, Łukasz Rymaniak and Piotr Lijewski
Energies 2024, 17(3), 586; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17030586 - 25 Jan 2024
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Two-wheeled vehicles, due to their population, constitute a significant share of road vehicles in Europe. Therefore, this article presents an overview and analysis of the applicable legal regulations regarding two-wheeled vehicle engines in terms of toxic exhaust emission tests. For the correct interpretation [...] Read more.
Two-wheeled vehicles, due to their population, constitute a significant share of road vehicles in Europe. Therefore, this article presents an overview and analysis of the applicable legal regulations regarding two-wheeled vehicle engines in terms of toxic exhaust emission tests. For the correct interpretation of emission standards, the authors of this work made the necessary analysis of the categorization of two-wheeled vehicles based on Polish law and the criteria of European regulations. The presented analysis concerns not only the current regulations, but also their development trends over the years. These considerations are supplemented with a literature review, which includes the problems of the ecology, energy consumption and construction of the considered group of vehicles. The work presented in this article also concerns the assessment of the conditions for conducting tests on objects belonging to category L in laboratory conditions on chassis dynamometers. On this basis, considerations were made to evaluate the currently applicable WMTC (World Motorcycle Test Cycle) test by comparing it with the actual operation of two-wheeled vehicles. This resulted in the formulation of conclusions regarding the need to introduce procedures for testing pollutant emissions in road conditions in the approval process. Full article
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