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Sizing and experimental characterization of ultracapacitors for small urban hybrid electric vehicle

  • Destiny Loukakou*
  • , Hamid Gualous
  • , Yuan Cheng
  • , Christophe Espanet
  • , Frédéric Dubas
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University de Franche-Comté
  • Université de Caen Normandie

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Abstract

This paper presents the design and the experimental tests of an ultra-capacitor pack used as an energy storage system in a small hybrid electric vehicle. This design consists in calculating the capacitance and the power of the capacitors, which are necessary to store kinetic energy during deceleration of the vehicle and then to accelerate the vehicle. In a second part, experimental tests are achieved to determine the real parameters of the capacitor pack electric model [1] in order to validate the manufacturer data. Influence of temperature on those experimental data is investigated too. Finally, the authors determine the energetic behaviour of the ultra-capacitors: they have measured an efficiency of around 95% during capacitors charge and discharge.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2010 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2010
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event2010 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2010 - Lille, France
Duration: 1 Sep 20103 Sep 2010

Publication series

Name2010 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2010

Conference

Conference2010 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2010
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityLille
Period1/09/103/09/10

Keywords

  • Energy storage system
  • Experimental tests
  • Hybrid electric vehicle (HEV)
  • Ultra-capacitor (UC)

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