Design, implementation and characterization of a novel bi-directional energy conversion system on DC motor drive using super-capacitors

Li Sun and Nong Zhang

Applied Energy, 2015, vol. 153, issue C, 111 pages

Abstract: In this paper, a simple but innovative bi-directional energy conversion system is developed, utilizing supercapacitor as energy source to drive an electric scooter, as well as to recover braking energy on demand. Supercapacitor is superior to battery at high load as the latter is susceptible to aging and significant heat loss under this condition, leading to sometimes serious issues such as shortened lifecycle. The system consists of a microprocessor based vehicle controller (integrating an embedded regenerative braking controller), a 300W Permanent Magnet (PM) DC motor, two low-power DC–DC converters to form a higher power DC–DC converter pack, a motor controller, a supercapacitor bank and a capacitor cell balancing sub-system. To characterize system performance, a dedicated test rig is built and the system is broken down into three stages with input and output variables of each stage being evaluated systematically in three representative cases. The experimental results show overall effectiveness of such system. Operating conditions where high efficiency reside are therefore able to be determined to gain insight into a complex system.

Keywords: Regenerative braking; Supercapacitors; DC–DC resonant converter; Current mirror circuit; LabVIEW; Systematic problem-solving (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.06.084

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