Impedance-based simulation model of Carbon Nano-Onions ultracapacitors for e-bike with compact energy storage system

Author

Parigi, F. ; Gao, Yuan ; Gachovska, Tanya ; Hudgins, Jerry L. ; Patterson, Dean ; Lu, Yang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

9-12 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1107

Lastpage

1111

Abstract

A novel electrified bicycle using only ultracapacitors as the primary energy storage components are described. A specific buck converter to charge the e-bike in less than two minutes has been designed and simulated. The simulation of the associated fast-charging system shows that this technology is feasible for the intended application. Novel ultracapacitors, made from Carbon Nano-Onion materials, have been produced and the impedance spectra were measured. The data were fitted to an equivalent electrical model and the parameters for the ultracapacitors were determined. It is possible to increase the total viable e-bike distance by 22% by using nanocarbon materials, such as nano-onions, for energy storage.

Keywords

carbon; energy storage; hybrid electric vehicles; power convertors; supercapacitors; C; associated fast-charging system; carbon nanoonions ultracapacitors; compact energy storage system; e-bike; electrified bicycle; equivalent electrical model; impedance spectra; impedance-based simulation model; nanocarbon materials; primary energy storage components; specific buck converter; Energy measurement; Photovoltaic systems; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seoul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0953-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VPPC.2012.6422623

Filename

6422623