Siting and sizing of stationary SuperCapacitors in a Metro Network

Author

Calderaro, Vito ; Galdi, Vincenzo ; Graber, Giuseppe ; Piccolo, Antonio

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ing. Ind., Univ. of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

3-5 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The design of an Energy Storage System (ESS) based on SuperCapacitors (SCs) for Metro Network (MN) regenerative braking energy recovery system is investigated. A simulation tool is implemented in order to estimate the power flow among the metro vehicles and the ESSs through the MN. Several simulations are performed in order to design the number, the position along the track and the required capacity of the SCs. The energy delivered from the electric substations and the energy saved using a particular ESS configuration computed by joint sizing and siting approach are estimated to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Keywords

energy storage; metropolitan area networks; regenerative braking; substations; supercapacitors; ESS configuration; MN; SC; electric substations; energy storage system; metro network; power estimation; regenerative braking energy recovery system; stationary supercapacitors siting; stationary supercapacitors sizing; Decision support systems; Energy management; Energy storage; Metro Network; Railway Engineering; Regenerative Braking; Siting; Sizing; Supercapacitors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AEIT Annual Conference, 2013

Conference_Location

Mondello

Print_ISBN

978-8-8872-3734-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AEIT.2013.6666809

Filename

6666809