Tolga Ercan

Mr. Tolga Ercan

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Academic Career Length

14Years (2013-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 October 2016 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Tolga Ercan
NONuri Onat
Nuri Onat
OTOmer Tatari
Omer Tatari

15 July 2015 in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
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Tolga Ercan
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Omer Tatari

1 December 2015 in Energy
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Tolga Ercan
YZYang Zhao
Yang Zhao
OTOmer Tatari
Omer Tatari
JPJennifer A. Pazour
Jennifer A. Pazour

1 January 2017 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Tolga Ercan
NONuri Onat
Nuri Onat
OTOmer Tatari
Omer Tatari
JMJean-Denis Mathias
Jean-Denis Mathias

24 March 2016 in Energies
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Tolga Ercan
MNMehdi Noori
Mehdi Noori
YZYang Zhao
Yang Zhao
OTOmer Tatari
Omer Tatari
The electricity generation/supply and transportation sectors are the two largest contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the U.S., and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is a rapidly emerging solution to reduce these emissions with the adoption of battery-electric (BE) vehicles. Deployments of BE transit and school buses are expected to have larger battery capacities than passenger vehicles, making them more feasible candidates for V2G service. Five electricity generation regions are considered for cash flow analysis of BE and diesel transit and school buses over their entire respective lifetimes with the allowance of V2G services’ net revenue. Besides, the environmental benefits of using the V2G system are studied in place of combustion power generation plants for the regulation services of each study region. Air emission externalities are another crucial issue for bus operations because buses are operated near highly populated areas, so these externalities are also studied in this research with the benefits of a V2G emission reduction potential taken into account. The analysis concluded that BE transit and school buses with V2G application have potential to reduce electricity generation related greenhouse-gas emissions by 1067 and 1420 tons of CO2 equivalence (average), and eliminate $13,000 and $18,300 air pollution externalities (average), respectively.