Title of article
Modelling and Simulation of Electric Trains in the Presence of Ultra-capacitor as Energy Storage
Author/Authors
Maaleky, Mohsen , Moaveni, Bijan Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
Pages
11
From page
37
To page
47
Abstract
When a vehicle brakes, energy is released. To date, considerable amount
of the braking energy is lost in hot air. The challenging alternative is to
store the braking energy and use it during acceleration or autonomous
operation of the vehicle. As a consideration of progress in hybrid and
energy storage technology in heavy transportation a simple and precise
model of train equipped with ultra-capacitor modules as energy storage
system is modeled and simulated in MATLAB/Simulink environment. The
simulation results show that its technology is mature enough to be used in
railway transportation and it has many advantages over the customary
batteries.
Keywords
Ultra-capacitor , Simulation , Optimization , Energy saving , Hybrid Electric Train
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Serial Year
2015
Record number
2469411
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