Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2024, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (8): 2679-2686.doi: 10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2024.0214

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Research on the application of flywheel energy storage device in rail transit

Yuguang LI(), Xiang LIU, Yanzhao LIANG(), Shuangzhen LIU   

  1. Dunshi Magnetic Energy Technology Co. , Ltd. , Shijiazhuang 050000, Hebei, China
  • Received:2024-03-12 Revised:2024-03-15 Online:2024-08-28 Published:2024-08-15
  • Contact: Yanzhao LIANG E-mail:1351083179@qq.com;liangzi886688@163.com

Abstract:

In urban rail transit, trains frequently start and brake, resulting in high braking energy and large voltage fluctuations. Some lines experience serious problems with rail potential. The wheel energy storage device has high power, fast response speed, and long service life. It can collect and use regenerative braking energy on the DC side, with a good energy-saving effect and stable grid voltage fluctuations. Because of the connection of the flywheel energy storage device, it can achieve multi-point reflux and shorten the current reflux path, thus improving the potential of the steel rail. This article explains the capacity configuration method of flywheel energy storage devices for existing and new lines, considering factors such as space limitations in traction stations, the average peak power of energy storage devices, and energy-saving effects, and provides capacity configuration explanations for actual cases. To flexibly respond to the complex working conditions of subway lines with the control strategy of flywheel energy storage devices, five working modes are set up: energy conservation, voltage stabilization, grid voltage support, rail potential management, and emergency power supply. The application case of the flywheel energy storage device in engineering has verified that the flywheel energy storage device has a good voltage stabilization effect, with an average energy saving rate of 11.36%—17.28% and a full power response frequency of 31 times/h. Furthermore, the experimental verification shows that the flywheel energy storage device has an emergency power supply function.

Key words: urban rail transit, flywheel energy storage device, capacity configuration, control strategy

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