Joint Closed-Loop Supply Chain Network Design and Operation for Electric Vehicle Battery Secondary Use and Recycling

Large-scale adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve air quality in large metropolitan areas like Los Angeles County. Nonetheless, alongside the benefits from electrification, a significant amount of EV batteries is expected to retire within five years, posing environmental and economic challenges regarding management and disposal. Incorporating secondary use and recycling for EV batteries and implementing a closed-loop supply chain network is a promising strategy. The core idea is to enhance battery utilization and reuse valuable resources, thereby increasing the sustainability and economic viability of the network. Although the existing literature has extensively studied the general closed-loop supply chain network design, none of them is specifically designed for the case of EV batteries, let alone the incorporation of battery secondary use. In this research, the researchers will develop a comprehensive framework that jointly optimizes the long-term infrastructure planning and short-term operational execution of a closed-loop EV battery supply chain network. The solution framework will consider spatial and temporal uncertainties from used battery supply and secondary use demand to address system resilience and minimize the GHG emissions during network implementation and operations to achieve sustainability. Additionally, the researchers will propose a Lagrangian-based scenario decomposition strategy and a variant Benders decomposition algorithm to accelerate the computation so that the framework can be applied to real-world problem sizes.

Language

  • English

Project

  • Status: Active
  • Funding: $143490
  • Contract Numbers:

    DOT 69A3552348319

    DOT 69A3552344814

  • Sponsor Organizations:

    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

    University Transportation Centers Program
    Department of Transportation
    Washington, DC  United States  20590

    National Center for Sustainable Transportation

    University of California, Davis
    Davis, CA  United States 

    University of Southern California, Los Angeles

    University Park Campus
    Los Angeles, CA  United States  90089
  • Managing Organizations:

    National Center for Sustainable Transportation

    University of California, Davis
    Davis, CA  United States 

    University of California, Davis

    1 Shields Ave
    Davis, California  United States  95616

    University of Southern California, Los Angeles

    University Park Campus
    Los Angeles, CA  United States  90089
  • Project Managers:

    Iacobucci, Lauren

    Cliff, Sydney

  • Performing Organizations:

    National Center for Sustainable Transportation

    University of California, Davis
    Davis, CA  United States 

    University of Southern California, Los Angeles

    University Park Campus
    Los Angeles, CA  United States  90089
  • Principal Investigators:

    Dessouky, Maged

  • Start Date: 20240816
  • Expected Completion Date: 20250815
  • Actual Completion Date: 0
  • USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01926282
  • Record Type: Research project
  • Source Agency: National Center for Sustainable Transportation
  • Contract Numbers: DOT 69A3552348319, DOT 69A3552344814
  • Files: UTC, RIP
  • Created Date: Jul 31 2024 5:44PM