Towards a Smart-City Future: Urban-Scale Integration of Mobility and Energy Systems

全球都在追求“智慧城市”的愿景，将城市人居环境转变为高效率、高质量和可持续发展。迈向智能城市的未来，加拿大和世界各地的城市正在对其能源和移动系统进行重大变革。共享经济、电动汽车(EV)、分散的可再生能源整合以及自动驾驶的出现*的蓬勃发展，促使我们评估它们之间的协同效应。这一拟议研究计划的长期目标是开发跨学科*模型、数据分析和管理洞察力，以便在城市范围内整合*机动性和能源系统，以最大限度地提高全市的效益。我们*将通过专注于两个相互关联的研究主题来追求这一使命：主题*1-设计以大规模采用电动汽车为特色的城市交通系统。主题2-*在新能源和移动技术的存在下，在全市范围内将电动汽车整合到电网基础设施中。*主题1*研究将开发一个整体框架，设计和分析城市交通的大规模电动汽车共享系统。虽然汽车共享已经成熟，并在文献中受到了极大的关注，但电动汽车共享仍处于初级阶段。拟议的研究计划将为城市规模电动汽车共享的基础设施规划和车队运营管理提供集成的优化模型、先进的求解算法和实用的管理见解。*同时，主题2研究将评估电动汽车移动性在支持未来城市电网基础设施方面的潜力。特别是，拟议的研究计划将开发模型和分析，以调查*什么控制策略和什么机制下共享自动电动汽车(SAEV)可以改善城市微电网(电力生产商和消费者聚集在限定的本地网络中)的自给自足和弹性。这种城市电动汽车库存与微电网运营的联合调度可能会对未来的城市能源和移动格局产生巨大影响，但文献中还没有得到很好的考虑。*该研究项目的成果不仅将推动*智能城市运营管理的新兴领域，还将首批帮助实践者和城市规划者推出电动汽车共享计划，并促进*城市移动性和能源系统的更深层次整合。鉴于其跨学科性质，该研究计划将*为两名HQP提供出色的培训。我们与加州大学伯克利分校和劳伦斯·伯克利国家实验室等其他机构的密切合作将进一步丰富培训内容。*****

The vision of “smart city” has been pursued worldwide to transform urban habitats into superior efficiency, quality and sustainability. Moving*forward to a smart-city future, cities in Canada and around the world are undertaking major transformations in their*energy and mobility systems. The booms of the sharing economy, electric*vehicles (EV), decentralized renewables integration, along with the emergence*of autonomous driving, urge us to evaluate the implications of their synergy. The long-term goal of this proposed research program is to develop cross-disciplinary*models, data analytics and managerial insights for urban-scale integration of*mobility and energy systems to maximize citywide benefits. We*will pursue this mission by focusing on two interrelated research themes: Theme*1 - Designing urban mobility systems featuring large-scale EV adoption. Theme 2 -*Citywide integration of EVs to electrical grid infrastructure in the presence of new energy and mobility technologies. ******Theme 1*research will develop a holistic framework of designing and analyzing large-scale*EV sharing systems for urban transit. Although car sharing has been*maturing and received great attention in the literature, EV sharing is still in its infant stage. The proposed research program will provide integrated optimization models, advanced solution algorithms and practical managerial insights for infrastructure planning and fleet operations management for urban-scale EV sharing. ******In a parallel effort, Theme 2 research will evaluate the potential of EV mobility for supporting future urban electrical grid infrastructure. In particular, the proposed research program will develop models and analytics to investigate with*what control strategies and under what mechanisms shared autonomous electric vehicles (SAEV) can improve the self-sufficiency*and resilience of urban microgrids (in which electricity producers and consumers are clustered into delimited local networks). This joint dispatch of urban EV stock with*microgrid operations can potentially exert large impact on the future urban*energy and mobility landscape, but has not been well considered in the literature.******The outcome of this research program will not only advance*the emerging field of smart-city operations management, but also be among the first to help practitioners*and city planners to launch EV sharing programs and facilitate*deeper integration of urban mobility and energy systems. The research program will*provide excellent training for two HQP given its interdisciplinary nature. The training will be further enriched by our close collaborations with*other institutes such as UC Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National*Laboratory. *****