Stationary Charging Station Design for Sustainable Urban Rail Systems: A Case Study at Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., China

Heng Li, Jun Peng, Weirong Liu and Zhiwu Huang
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Heng Li: School of Information Science and Engineering, Central South University, 22 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha 410000, China
Jun Peng: School of Information Science and Engineering, Central South University, 22 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha 410000, China
Weirong Liu: School of Information Science and Engineering, Central South University, 22 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha 410000, China
Zhiwu Huang: School of Information Science and Engineering, Central South University, 22 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha 410000, China

Sustainability, 2015, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: In 2014, more than 43 cities in China were racing to construct their urban rail systems (including metro and light rail systems), recognizing that an urban rail system will be a good solution to the tough problems that they are faced with, including traffic congestion and PM2.5 air pollution. On 22 August 2012, the first electric double-layer capacitor (EDLC) energy storage-type rail vehicle in the world was unveiled at Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., China. The EDLC rail system has been considered a promising sustainable urban rail system, which is expected to further improve the energy efficiency and to reduce environmental pollution. The first commercial EDLC tram produced by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co. has been applied at Guangzhou Metro Corp. recently. From the view point of scientific research, the system design and energy management of EDLC rail systems have been extensively studied in the literature, while the stationary charging station design for the EDLC energy storage-type urban rail vehicles has been rarely reported. Thus, the aim of this paper is to report a stationary charging station that has been successfully applied in the EDLC rail system produced by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., China.

Keywords: sustainability; urban rail system; stationary charging station; EDLC (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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