Design and Optimization for a Supercapacitor Application System

Author

Zhai, N.S. ; Yao, Y.Y. ; Zhang, D.L. ; Xu, D.G.

Author_Institution

Center for Power Electron. & Motion Control Res., Harbin Inst. of Technol., Shenzhen

fYear

2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Supercapacitors present many advantages in the energy storage field in comparison with batteries and electrostatic capacitors. To obtain an optimal solution for energy saving, combination schemes of supercapacitors and batteries are worthy of discussion. This paper describes the discharging process of the supercapacitors and some key problems to be solved in applications. Moreover, two methods for designing supercapacitor-battery hybrid systems are presented and compared. Furthermore, voltage balancing and overvoltage protection are discussed in this paper to improve the efficiency of the system and size the system optimally and economically.

Keywords

optimisation; overvoltage protection; supercapacitors; discharging process; electrostatic capacitors; energy saving; energy storage field; optimization; overvoltage protection; supercapacitor application system; supercapacitor-battery hybrid systems; voltage balancing; Batteries; Capacitors; Design methodology; Design optimization; Electrostatics; Energy storage; Power generation economics; Protection; Supercapacitors; Voltage control; efficiency; overvoltage; supercapacitors; system optimization; voltage balancing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power System Technology, 2006. PowerCon 2006. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chongqing

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0110-0

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0111-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPST.2006.321502

Filename

4116310