Supercapacitors as energy buffers: a solution for elevators and for electric busses supply

Author

Barrade, P. ; Rufer, A.

Author_Institution

Lab. d´´Electronique Industrielle, Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne, Switzerland

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

1160

Abstract

Supercapacitors are components for energy storage, well dedicated for applications where energy storage can help the smoothing of strong and short time power drops of a distribution network. Those properties are developed for two examples. The first one regards an elevator, where a low constant power is provided by a distribution power independently of the maximum peak power needed for the lift, thanks to intermediary supercapacitors. The second example deals with the voltage drop compensation in weak distribution systems, for maintaining constant the voltage at the end of a supply line for trolley buses avoiding the use of heavy and expensive supply station

Keywords

capacitor storage; distribution networks; electric vehicles; lifts; power supplies to apparatus; road vehicles; distribution network; electric bus; electric busses supply; elevators; energy buffers; energy feeder; energy storage; intermediary supercapacitors; low constant power; maximum peak power; power drops smoothing; supercapacitors; trolley buses; voltage drop compensation; weak distribution systems; Capacitance; Electricity supply industry; Elevators; Energy management; Energy storage; Power demand; Rectifiers; Smoothing methods; Supercapacitors; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Conversion Conference, 2002. PCC-Osaka 2002. Proceedings of the

Conference_Location

Osaka

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7156-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCC.2002.998136

Filename

998136