Flywheel Energy Storage for Innovative Railway Construction

飞轮储能用于创新铁路建设

• 批准号: 10062413
• 金额: $ 3.19万
• 依托单位: EPSILON TEN LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10062413
• 关键词: Flywheel; Energy; Storage; Innovative; Railway

This project will explore the possibility of capturing the energy from electric train braking, which is wasted when there is no other train or power load on the line to capture it. The energy will be stored in the flywheel storage system, trackside. The electrical traction systems used by the majority of railway lines are among the most efficient on the market. A significant factor contributing to the efficiency is the availability of regenerative braking systems. When called upon, the traction motor works in reverse and acts as a generator and converts kinetic energy back to electrical energy. As UK traction systems exist currently, the DC energy produced during regenerative braking can be transferred to power another train's acceleration if there are two trains in close proximity, for example at a station. However even with careful timetable planning, it is common to lose a significant portion of regenerative braking energy due to lack of simultaneous acceleration load. The losses are more pronounced during times with less frequent arrivals and departures such as off-peak and weekends. Our proposed project will seek to address known engineering and efficiency challenges of the combined operations of the railway network, traction and station by integrating flywheel storage technology to capture otherwise wasted energy from regenerative breaking.We will be using an existing technology, the flywheel, to capture and store energy from the trains and aim to demonstrate the proposed use of the flywheel storage system as trackside energy storage for DC systems.Our project will specifically address the following elements of the GCRE challenge:The capture and storage of otherwise wasted energy generated through regenerative breaking using a new generation innovative flywheel energy storage system therefore lowering the carbon footprint of the rail networkImprove energy efficiency across the key components of the railway system: stations, track operations and traction therefore lowering power consumption which will contributing towards a net zero rail network and a lower carbon footprint.Reduce construction costs as lower power rated cables could be used as the peak demand is smoothed.Improve the resilience and safety of the network as stored power could mitigate power outages. Using the flywheel storage system offer a flexible interaction with the green energy supply on site to smooth peak electrical demand, offering a commercial benefit as well as a wider societal benefit.

该项目将探索从电动列车制动中获取能量的可能性，当线路上没有其他列车或电力负载来捕获能量时，这些能量将被浪费。能量将储存在轨道边的飞轮存储系统中。大多数铁路线使用的电力牵引系统是市场上效率最高的系统之一。提高效率的一个重要因素是再生制动系统的可用性。当需要时，牵引电机反向工作，充当发电机，将动能转换为电能。由于英国目前存在牵引系统，如果有两列火车距离很近，例如在一个车站，再生制动期间产生的直流能量可以转移到另一列火车的加速上。然而，即使经过仔细的时间表规划，由于缺乏同步加速负荷，通常也会损失相当大一部分再生制动能量。这种损失在非高峰和周末等到达和离开次数较少的时候更加明显。我们提议的项目将寻求解决铁路网、牵引和车站联合运营的已知工程和效率挑战，方法是集成飞轮存储技术，以捕获从再生制动中浪费的能量。我们将使用现有的技术，飞轮，我们的项目将具体解决GCRE挑战的以下要素：使用新一代创新的飞轮能量存储系统捕获和存储否则浪费的能量，从而降低铁路网的碳足迹提高铁路系统关键组件的能效：车站，轨道运营和牵引因此降低了电力消耗，这将有助于实现净零轨道网络和更低的碳足迹。由于可以使用更低额定功率的电缆来平稳高峰需求，因此降低了建设成本。由于存储电力可以减少停电，因此提高了网络的弹性和安全性。使用飞轮存储系统与现场的绿色能源供应提供灵活的互动，以平稳高峰电力需求，提供商业效益和更广泛的社会效益。