A study on energy management system for hybrid powered railway vehicles with fuel cells and Electric Double Layer Capacitors

Author

Tsukahara, Kenta ; Kondo, K.

Author_Institution

Chiba Univ., Chiba, Japan

fYear

2012

fDate

21-24 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Since Fuel Cells (FCs) are very expensive, its output power should be minimized when FCs are applied to hybrid powered railway vehicles with Electric Double Layer Capacitors (EDLCs). Therefore, it is necessary to clarify a reasonable method to determine the required FCs output power. In this paper, the basic view for determining the required FCs output power and EDLCs capacitance, and controlling the EDLC energy appropriately is revealed. The proposed methods are verified by numerical simulations, assuming a train operation in a typical rural line. The results of this study would contribute to the development of environment-friendly transportation system.

Keywords

energy management systems; fuel cell vehicles; hybrid electric vehicles; numerical analysis; railway electrification; supercapacitors; EDLC capacitance; FC output power; electric double layer capacitors; energy management system; environment-friendly transportation system; fuel cells; hybrid powered railway vehicles; numerical simulations; rural line; Availability; Capacitance; Design methodology; Energy loss; Power generation; Rail transportation; Vehicles; Electric Double Layer Capacitor (EDLC); Energy management; Fuel cell; Hybrid powered railway vehicle;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), 2012 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sapporo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2327-7

Type

conf

Filename

6401961