Title :
Analysis and design of ultracapacitor-boosted back-up power supply for tramcars
Author :
Hõimoja, Hardi ; Vinnikov, Dmitri ; Jalakas, Tanel
Author_Institution :
Tallinn Univ. of Technol., Tallinn, Estonia
Abstract :
The back-up power supply of a tramcar can be boosted and/or redimensioned by refurnishing the existing batteries with peak power storage elements such as ultracapacitors. As a result, the primary battery´s lifetime increases and overall reliability is improved, which is essential regarding passengers´ safety in some critical circumstances like emergency braking. The current paper points out existing problems and presents some ultracapacitor calculation examples and brings simulation results for better illustration.
Keywords :
power supplies to apparatus; reliability; road vehicles; supercapacitors; emergency braking; passenger safety; peak power storage elements; tramcars; ultracapacitor-boosted back-up power supply; Batteries; Circuit simulation; Electrical safety; Emergency power supplies; Energy storage; Productivity; Railway safety; Safety devices; Supercapacitors; Voltage; batteries; combined energy storage; tramcars; ultracapacitors;
Conference_Titel :
EUROCON 2009, EUROCON '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
St.-Petersburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3860-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3861-7
DOI :
10.1109/EURCON.2009.5167691
