Hybrid Energy Storage System Taking Advantage of Electric Vehicle Batteries for Recovering Regenerative Braking Energy in Railway Station

Hamed Jafari Kaleybar (), Mostafa Golnargesi, Morris Brenna and Dario Zaninelli
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Hamed Jafari Kaleybar: Energy Department, Politecnico di Milano, 20156 Milan, Italy
Mostafa Golnargesi: Energy Department, Politecnico di Milano, 20156 Milan, Italy
Morris Brenna: Energy Department, Politecnico di Milano, 20156 Milan, Italy
Dario Zaninelli: Energy Department, Politecnico di Milano, 20156 Milan, Italy

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 13, 1-24

Abstract: Nowadays, nations are moving toward the electrification of the transportation section, and the widespread development of EV charging stations and their infrastructures supplied by the grid would strain the power grid and lead to overload issues in the network. To address this challenge, this paper presents a method for utilizing the braking energy of trains in railway stations to charge EVs located in strategic areas like park-and-ride regions close to railway stations improving energy efficiency and preventing grid overload. To validate the feasibility of the proposed system, a metro substation in Milan city is considered as a case study located in outskirts of the city and contains large number of parking space for vehicles. Three different scenarios are evaluated including DC fast charging station, AC low charging station and collaborative hybrid energy storage based AC charging station as EV charging station type. The results are studied for different EV population number, charging rate and the contractual power grid. Meanwhile, the possibility of proposed system in participating as V2G technology and taking advantage of the EV’s batteries to provide ancillary support to accelerating trains is investigated regarding peak shaving objective. The results indicated that the suggested interconnected system operates effectively when a significant quantity of EVs are parked at the station. However, the results revealed that the performance of the proposed system is notably influenced by other factors and a limited number of EVs during the early morning and late evening periods. Overall, this study confirms the feasibility of energy transfer between two types of transportation means in intermodal areas.

Keywords: electric vehicle; electric railway; regenerative braking energy; charging station; traction substation; hybrid energy storage system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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