Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.32985/ijeces.15.4.3
Design of Regenerative Braking System and Energy Storage with Supercapacitors as Energy Buffers
Siluvai M. Michael
orcid.org/0000-0002-3364-1061
; Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chemical Sciences Research Centre, Department of Chemistry.
Bokani Mtengi
; Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Department of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering, Plot 10071 Boseja, Palapye, Botswana
S. R. S Prabaharan
; Inventus Battery Energy Technologies Pvt Ltd Tamil Nadu 600090, India
Adamu Murtala Zungeru
orcid.org/0000-0003-2412-6559
; Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Department of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering, Plot 10071 Boseja, Palapye, Botswana
*
James Garba Ambafi
orcid.org/0000-0002-8926-2108
; Federal University of Technology, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, P. M.B. 65, 920101, Minna, Niger, Nigeria
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
Vehicles are part of urban area transport and are subjected to variable loads as they traverse the city with varying slopes and stop-and-go traffic. Electric Vehicles (EVs) can be a good option because of their high efficiency under stop-and-go conditions and ability to gain energy from braking. However, limited battery energy makes EVs less efficient and degrades their lifetime. In contrast to a Li-Ion battery, supercapacitors work well under high power charge and discharge cycles. However, their high cost and low energy density prevent them from being viable replacements for batteries. Due to the slow charging and discharging process of batteries, they have a low power density, but a high energy density compared to the supercapacitor. In this paper, we discussed our system design consisting of both a battery and a supercapacitor. The main aim is to design and develop a scheduling algorithm to optimize energy flow between the battery, supercapacitor, and motor. We further described an analogue-based control methodology and algorithm for the supercapacitor, augmented battery-powered motoring process. This is in addition to a charge controller designed to optimize the supercapacitor bank's current-based charge-discharge profile. The system design and tests are developed on PSPICE and a hardware platform.
Keywords
Energy storage; Supercapacitors; Energy buffers; Regenerative braking systems; Electric vehicles; scheduling algorithm; DC-DC converter;
Hrčak ID:
315578
URI
Publication date:
28.3.2024.
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