Title :
New developments in power electronics for the flywheel system EMAFER
Author :
Offringa, L.J. ; Schot, J.A. ; Smits, E.J.
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
The flywheel system EMAFER (electromechanical accumulator for energy reuse) is designed for propulsion of an electrically driven city bus. Recent developments involving the use of current source converters with external commutation source are summarized. A modified line-commutated converter with GTO switches is described, and results of measurements on a 100 kVA prototype are given
Keywords :
electric vehicles; energy storage devices; power convertors; thyristor applications; 100 kVA; GTO switches; current source converters; electrically driven city bus propulsion; electromechanical accumulator for energy reuse; external commutation source; flywheel system EMAFER; line-commutated converter; power electronics; AC generators; Aggregates; Commutation; Flywheels; Power electronics; Power generation; Power supplies; Prototypes; Reactive power; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1989. IECEC-89., Proceedings of the 24th Intersociety
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
DOI :
10.1109/IECEC.1989.74405
