Review of MVDC applications, technologies, and future prospects

S Coffey, V Timmers, R Li, G Wu, A Egea-Àlvarez - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a complete review of MVDC applications and their required
technologies. Four main MVDC applications were investigated: rail, shipboard systems …

Determining the optimum installation of energy storage systems in railway electrical infrastructures by means of swarm and evolutionary optimization algorithms

D Roch-Dupré, T Gonsalves, AP Cucala… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The installation of wayside Energy Storage Systems (ESSs) in DC-electrified railway
systems is one of the main measures to improve their energy efficiency. They store the …

Multi-stage optimization of the installation of Energy Storage Systems in railway electrical infrastructures with nature-inspired optimization algorithms

D Roch-Dupre, T Gonsalves, AP Cucala… - … Applications of Artificial …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Installing Energy Storage Systems (ESSs) to improve electrical infrastructures of
Direct-current (DC) railway systems implies considerable investments that must be assessed …

The multi-criteria optimization method for implementation of a regenerative inverter in a 3 kV DC traction system

W Jefimowski, A Szeląg - Electric Power Systems Research, 2018 - Elsevier
This article presents a method supporting the decision-making process for implementation of
a regenerative inverter in a 3 kV DC traction system. The method in question consists of two …

A Study on the Train Brake Position-Based Control Method for Regenerative Inverters

CM Yun, GJ Cho, H Kim, H Jung - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The use an inverter is one of the representative ways to utilize regenerative braking energy
in railway systems. Due to the nature of urban railways that generate a large amount of …

Electrokinematical simulation for flexible energetic studies of railway systems

C Mayet, A Bouscayrol, P Delarue… - IEEE transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Simulation is a valuable tool to evaluate energy consumptions and design of railway
systems. The system limitations have an important influence on the system behavior and …

System for converting the DC traction substations into active substations

M Popescu, A Bitoleanu, V Suru… - 2015 9th International …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper is concerned with the possibilities of transformation the DC traction substations
with uncontrolled rectifiers into active substation, being able to ensure both the braking …

Evaluation of the impact that the traffic model used in railway electrical simulation has on the assessment of the installation of a Reversible Substation

D Roch-Dupré, AP Cucala, RR Pecharromán… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nowadays, one of the strategies that are being applied in DC railway networks to improve
energy efficiency is the installation of Reversible Substations or Energy Storage Systems …

Optimal location and sizing of energy storage systems in DC-electrified railway lines using a coral reefs optimization algorithm with substrate layers

D Roch-Dupré, C Camacho-Gómez, AP Cucala… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper deals with the problem of finding the optimal location and sizing of Energy
Storage Systems in DC-electrified railway lines. These devices increment the use of the …

Simulation-based assessment of the installation of a Reversible Substation in a railway line, including a realistic model of large traffic perturbations

D Roch-Dupré, AP Cucala, RR Pecharromán… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Improving the railway electrical infrastructure of DC railway systems with the installation of
Reversible Substations (RSSs) or Energy Storage systems (ESSs) implies considerable …