An energy saver for tramway networks using double active bridge and supercapacitors

Author

Morand, Julien ; Bergogne, Dominique ; Venet, Pascal ; Sari, Ali ; Bevilacqua, Pascal

Author_Institution

ADETELGROUP, Ecully, France

fYear

2013

fDate

2-6 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

9

Abstract

An industrial energy saver system for transportation networks is designed using analytical models and simulation. This off-board energy saver uses the high power capabilities of supercapacitors and an innovative soft switching topology with a nanocrystalline insulation transformer. A laboratory demonstrator is presented, life expectancy of the storage unit is estimated. Field measurements on the industrial product demonstrates the concept.

Keywords

energy conservation; power transformers; railway electrification; supercapacitors; switching convertors; analytical models; double active bridge; field measurements; industrial energy saver system; industrial product; innovative soft switching topology; laboratory demonstrator; life expectancy; nanocrystalline insulation transformer; off-board energy saver; storage unit; supercapacitors; tramway networks; transportation networks; Equations; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Power transformer insulation; Soft switching; Supercapacitors; Vehicles; Energy savings; Rail vehicle; Soft switching; Ultra capacitors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Applications (EPE), 2013 15th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lille

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPE.2013.6631993

Filename

6631993