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Reinforcement of DC Electrified Railways by a Modular Battery Energy Storage System

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DC railway electrification was deployed at the beginning of the 20th century in several countries in Europe. Today, this power system is no longer adapted to the demands of increased rail traffic. Due to the relatively low voltage level, the current consumed by the trains reaches several kAs. So, in the worst case, the locomotives cannot operate at their rated power due to the voltage drop along the contact line. Conventional solutions to reduce the voltage drop consist of increasing the cross-section of overhead lines or reducing the length of sectors by installing additional substations. Nevertheless, these solutions are expensive and not always feasible. The implementation of a Modular Battery Energy Storage System (MBESS) can be an alternative solution to reinforce the railway power supply. This paper first presents an MBESS based on elementary blocks associating Full-SiC Isolated DC-DC converter and battery racks. The electrical models of a railway sector and an elementary block are described, and simulations are performed considering real railroad traffic on two sectors of the French National Rail Network, electrified at 1.5 kV. The results show that the installation of an MBESS in the railway sector boosts the locomotive’s voltage while also increasing overall system efficiency.
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hal-04577314 , version 1 (21-10-2024)

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Erick Matheus da Silveira Brito, Philippe Ladoux, Joseph Fabre, Benoit Sonier. Reinforcement of DC Electrified Railways by a Modular Battery Energy Storage System. Electronics, 2024, 13 (10), pp.1933. ⟨10.3390/electronics13101933⟩. ⟨hal-04577314⟩
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