Metaheuristic optimization techniques to design solar-fuel cell-battery energy system for locomotives …

The combination of Solar-Fuel cell-Battery based hybrid energy source system is not reported till date for locomotive application, which is the motivation for this research. The goal of this research is to develop an optimization strategy using metaheuristic algorithms for component sizing of a SFCBES for a passenger train in India.

Hydrogen fuel cell electric trains: Technologies, current status, …

The Department of Energy of the US aims to increase the lifetime of fuel cells from 10,000 h in 2022 to 40,000 h in 2030 and ultimately 80,000 h [42]. As FCs are used in most of the commercial hydrogen train projects (as discussed in Section 4), we will focus on fuel cell electric trains.

Journal of Energy Storage

In this study, we consider three platforms for decarbonisation, a battery electric locomotive (BEL), battery electric tender (BET) and a hydrogen electric tender (HET) (Fig. 2).Also shown in Fig. 2 are the usable energy capacities of these platforms (MWh), based on current commercial technology and future technologies expected to be …

Energy storage devices in electrified railway systems: A review

The high-energy device can be used as an energy supplier to meet long-term energy needs, while the high-power device can be used as a power supplier to …

Energies | Free Full-Text | Real-Time Economic Dispatch of CHP Systems with Battery Energy Storage …

The use of combined heat and power (CHP) systems has recently increased due to their high combined efficiency and low emissions. Using CHP systems in behind-the-meter applications, however, can introduce some challenges. Firstly, the CHP system must operate in load-following mode to prevent power export to the grid. …

Battery Energy Storage System guide to Contingency FCAS registration

Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is capable of providing a contingency FCAS response using one of two methods: OFB), or its frequency control deadband (whichever is narrower); orVia a switching controller, where a step change in active power is triggered when the local frequency exceeds the Frequenc.

Battery Storage of Propulsion-Energy for Locomotives

Significant technical, regulatory and media attention has recently been given to the use of electrical storage batteries onboard a line-haul (long-distance) …

Exploring hydrogen fuel cell and battery freight locomotive …

In the rail freight segment, there are some U.S. preliminary BER initiatives, focused on both shunt/switch locomotives (given their low power and range requirements, compared to road locomotives ...

Economic, environmental and grid-resilience benefits of converting diesel trains to battery-electric | Nature Energy

Using the average energy requirements of the diesel baseline at 0.059 kWh revenue-tonne-km –1 and the relative efficiency of battery power over diesel engines, we estimate that each locomotive ...

Sustainability | Free Full-Text | Design and Optimization for a New Locomotive Power Battery …

To solve the disadvantages of the low protection grade, high weight, and high cost of the existing locomotive power battery system, this study optimizes the existing scheme and introduces the design concept of two-stage protection. The purpose of the research is to improve the protection level of the battery pack to IP68, to optimize the …

Power Conversion Technologies for a Hybrid Energy Storage System in Diesel-Electric Locomotives …

Abstract—The braking energy in diesel-electric locomo-tives is typically wasted into resistors. A more energy-efficient way is to store and recycle such energy. Thus, this paper proposes a ...

UTILISATION OF LOCOMOTIVE FOR MID-TERM ENERGY STORAGE …

ii Declaration Name: Andile Nqodi Student number: 46542817 Degree: MAGISTER TECHNOLOGIAE: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING UTILISATION OF LOCOMOTIVE FOR MID-TERM ENERGY STORAGE I declare that the above dissertation is my own work and

Application of flywheel energy storage for heavy haul locomotives

These are 16,000 rpm flywheels and the implied energy density is only 9.6 W h/kg. The flywheels have integral driving motors and inverters housed in a cylindrical cage approximately 1.06 m in diameter and 2.08 m high. In this application, 20 units are employed with aggregated ratings of 2 MW and 500 kW h.

Predictive Thermal Management of an Industrial Battery Energy Storage …

The paper deals with the thermal management problem of an industrial battery energy storage system (BESS). To meet the demands of maintaining battery temperature in a suitable thermal range and ensure economical operation, we formulate the model predictive controller (MPC) using a linear model of BESS obtained from real-time data. Since the …

Power Requirements for Batteries in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

The high power and energy density energy storage devices, such as supercapacitors and high-capacity batteries are best candidate for HEVs based transport systems (Smith, et al., 2002;Su, 2014). ...

The Assessment of On-Board Clean Hybrid Energy Storage …

Batteries, supercapacitors, and hydrogen fuel cells are energy storage devices that have no emissions at the point of use. The idea of powering railway locomotives using these …

Comparison of locomotive energy storage systems for heavy-haul …

Energy storages for the flywheel and battery ESSs are 500 kWh and 5000 kWh, respectively. Traction performance, fuel consumption, and emissions were compared for the three simulated trains. The results show that, compared with the diesel train, the diesel-flywheel and diesel-battery trains were 13.26% and 9.20% slower in speed, …

Enabling renewable energy with battery energy storage systems

These developments are propelling the market for battery energy storage systems (BESS). Battery storage is an essential enabler of renewable-energy generation, helping alternatives make a steady contribution to the world''s energy needs despite the inherently intermittent character of the underlying sources. The flexibility BESS provides …

Battery-electric shunting locomotive with lithium-polymer storage batteries …

Battery-electric locomotives with lithium-polymer storage batteries are proposed for shunting operations on electrified railroad lines considering experience of energy storage devices applications. Main parameters of traction drive are calculated and its functional scheme is shown in the article. Advantages of battery-electric over diesel locomotives …

Battery-electric shunting locomotive with lithium-polymer storage …

Battery-electric locomotives with lithium-polymer storage batteries are proposed for shunting operations on electrified railroad lines considering experience of energy storage devices …

Metaheuristic optimization techniques to design solar-fuel cell-battery energy system for locomotives …

Nanostructured TiO2 has been extensively used for environmental and energy storage applications because of its high chemical stability, economical, non-toxic, and significant ...

A Design of Energy Storage System for Electric Locomotive

In this paper, we focus on a valuably consequential idea to design an energy storage system for electric locomotive which only know two requirements, required energy and required the minimum voltage. This paper is the design of batteries and supercapacitors that suitable for the system. First, select the type of batteries suitable for use and design …

Onboard energy storage in rail transport: Review of …

A major limitation to the widespread adoption of OESSs is the current state of the art of electrochemical and chemical energy storage technologies, given the severe operating requirements of rail vehicles. …

Energy efficiency in railways: Energy storage and electric generation in diesel electric locomotives …

Diesel-electric traction is a well known and established technology for railways operators, but this alternative has a considerable uncerainty for the future because electric traction has a considerable superiority. Besides, diesel-electric engines waste energy when resistivebraking is used. This non-regenerative braking decreases the …

Analysis of a flywheel energy storage system for light rail transit

Mathematical models of the train, driving cycle and flywheel energy storage system are developed. These models are used to study the energy consumption and the operating cost of a light rail transit train with and without flywheel energy storage. Results suggest that maximum energy savings of 31% can be achieved using a flywheel …

A Design of Energy Storage System for Electric Locomotive

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Trading off energy storage and payload – An analytical model for …

The locomotive range (in ton-miles) is evaluated as the effective battery capacity (in MWh) divided by the energy requirement (kWh/ton-mile) of specific commodities and railroads. …

Determination of the component sizing for the PEM fuel cell-battery hybrid energy system for locomotive …

A methodology is presented in [54] for optimally sizing a hybrid energy system (HES) including LIB and PEMFC and minimising the total cost of HES with the constraints of the battery capacity and ...

Ten-point site checklist for a battery energy storage system

1. Vehicular access. "Connected Energy''s battery energy storage systems are supplied in steel shipping containers which are specially modified to hold racks of batteries and all the electronic and electrical parts needed to operate them. Our containers measure 6.6 metres long and 2.4 metres wide and have to be transported on …