STEEM: ALSTOM and RATP experience of supercapacitors in tramway operation

Author

Moskowitz, Jean-Paul ; Cohuau, Jean-Luc

Author_Institution

Transp. Global Solutions, Alstom Transp., St. Ouen, France

fYear

2010

fDate

1-3 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The STEEM project is a research and experimentation project in public transport. Its goal is twofold: increase tramway systems energy efficiency and allow a vehicle to run without overhead contact lines. It associates a tram manufacturer (Alstom), a public transport operator (RATP) and a public research laboratory (INRETS) with the financial support of the French governmental agency ADEME under a PREDIT program. It is based on the use of onboard supercapacitors, and a demonstrator has been installed on an existing tramway of RATP T3 line. This vehicle is running in revenue service since late 2009 and delivers its first promising results.

Keywords

public utilities; road vehicles; supercapacitors; French governmental agency ADEME; PREDIT program; RATP T3 line; public research laboratory; public transport; public transport operator; supercapacitor; tram manufacturer; tramway system; vehicle; Cities and towns; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Optimization; Supercapacitors; Vehicles; Catenaryless; Energy Storage; Energy efficiency; Supercapacitors; Tramways;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Lille

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8220-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VPPC.2010.5729152

Filename

5729152