Study of Supercapacitors Built in the Start-Up System of the Main Diesel Locomotive

Boris V. Malozyomov, Nikita V. Martyushev, Viktor Alekseevich Kukartsev, Vladislav Viktorovich Kukartsev, Sergei Vasilievich Tynchenko, Roman V. Klyuev (), Nikolay A. Zagorodnii and Yadviga Aleksandrovna Tynchenko
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Boris V. Malozyomov: Department of Electrotechnical Complexes, Novosibirsk State Technical University, 20, Karl Marks Ave., 630073 Novosibirsk, Russia
Nikita V. Martyushev: Department of Advanced Technologies, Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050 Tomsk, Russia
Viktor Alekseevich Kukartsev: Department of Materials Science and Materials Processing Technology, Polytechnical Institute, Siberian Federal University, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Vladislav Viktorovich Kukartsev: Department of Informatics, Institute of Space and Information Technologies, Siberian Federal University, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Sergei Vasilievich Tynchenko: Department of Digital Control Technologies, Institute of Business Process Management, Siberian Federal University, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Roman V. Klyuev: Technique and Technology of Mining and Oil and Gas Production Department, Moscow Polytechnic University, 33, B. Semenovskaya Str., 107023 Moscow, Russia
Nikolay A. Zagorodnii: Department of Operation and Organization of Vehicle Traffic, Belgorod State Technological University Named after V.G. Shukhov, Kostukov St., 308012 Belgorod, Russia
Yadviga Aleksandrovna Tynchenko: Laboratory of Biofuel Compositions, Siberian Federal University, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 9, 1-24

Abstract: A successful guaranteed launch of a mainline diesel locomotive is one of the most important and urgent problems of the rolling stock operation. Improvement of the start-up system of the main diesel locomotive when using a supercapacitor allows multiple restarts of diesel locomotives, meaning that the operation of the diesel locomotive can be stopped several times without wasting fuel in idle operations. In this study, we simulated the electric starting circuit of a diesel locomotive with a block of supercapacitors using the Matlab Simulink program. The simulation results show that using only a supercapacitor in the start-up system is impossible. Even though the supercapacitor produces the required current and voltage, its operating time is extremely insufficient. Using a storage battery along with a supercapacitor in the diesel locomotive start-up system is most effective. This reduces the peak current load on the standard battery. The article suggests an effective principle for starting a mainline diesel locomotive and provides an effective circuit solution involving a supercapacitor. Based on the booster stabilizer scheme, a new scheme was modeled to study the successful launch of a diesel locomotive that has various start-up systems. Applying a supercapacitor in the start-up system of a main diesel locomotive is proposed and the results of its use are presented. In addition, this study defines the basic requirements for using a system based on a battery in conjunction with a supercapacitor. Characteristics such as the temperature range of the system are shown.

Keywords: supercapacitor; storage battery; diesel locomotive; simulation; mainline diesel locomotive start-up; booster converter circuit (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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