Simulation and field-testing of hybrid ultra-capacitor/battery energy storage systems for electric and hybrid-electric transit vehicles

Author

Anstrom, Joel R. ; Zile, Benjamin ; Smith, Kandler ; Hofmann, Heath ; Batra, Amit

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

6-10 March 2005

Firstpage

491

Abstract

This paper investigates the use of ultra-capacitors combined with batteries as an improved energy storage system for electric, hybrid electric, and hybrid fuel cell transit vehicles. A demonstrator hybrid electric vehicle with an ultra-capacitor system was constructed and used to validate simulations. Results suggest a significant reduction in peak currents experienced by the battery pack in drive cycles with a high number of starts and stops.

Keywords

automotive electronics; battery powered vehicles; fuel cell vehicles; hybrid electric vehicles; supercapacitors; battery energy storage systems; field-testing; hybrid fuel cell transit vehicles; hybrid ultracapacitor; hybrid-electric transit vehicles; ultracapacitors; Acceleration; Battery powered vehicles; Capacitors; DC-DC power converters; Energy storage; Fuel cell vehicles; Hybrid electric vehicles; Inductors; System testing; Vehicle driving;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2005. APEC 2005. Twentieth Annual IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8975-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.2005.1452982

Filename

1452982