Conductive Electric Road Localization and Related Vehicle Power Control

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Figures 1,2,3 are also found in the work "Energy supply to buses on a conductive electric road: An evaluation of charger topologies and electric road characteristic". 

Bibliographic references should be made to the figures.

I did not find references 14 and 23 in the text.

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Reviewer 2 Report

It is a very nice and interesting paper. Some possible solutions for determining localization of ERS is interesting and numerical results obtained for the two methods open new questions.

For perspectives, the authors should think about a modelling aspect of the problem that can help for developping alternative and better methods.

 

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Reviewer 3 Report

The paper is interest and about a conductive electric road for charging ev applications.

It is important to clarify the contribution, considering that there are contact networks for electric vehicles, trains, trolleys, trams…  What are the main advantages and the drawbacks of the proposal?

To comment on some of the disadvantages as:

- need for sockets, cables and moving contacts;

- low level of safety due to the presence of exposed live parts and "loose" wires or cables;

- need of galvanic separation of live parts of the power supply and those of the load;

- low reliability compared to contactless systems;

- need for technical maintenance;

It is mandatory to present simulations and experimental results of the dynamic behaviour of the proposal. And, making a comparison with another solution presented in the literature.

References [14] and [23] are not cited in the text.

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