Feasibility Study of a Light Weight Solar Powered Train: Case of Addis
This paper presents a study of the feasibility of a solar powered light weight urban train that can be adapted to the existing electrical Addis Ababa Light Rail Transit (AALRT) in Ethiopia.
Photovoltaic and Energy Storage Design for Auxiliary Loads of Electric
A portion of this energy could be saved and used to supply some of the Ethiopians who have no access to electricity at all. This research proposes a strategy of onboard auxiliary supply system of light
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED SCIENCE AND
A demand-supply analysis has been carried out in this study to compute the energy exchange, taking into account the available area of a railcar roof for the photovoltaic (PV) energy production and the
ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY ADDIS ABABA INSTITUTE OF
Although the state of the project is limited to the evaluation of energy storage system for emergency power supply, application of energy storage system to dc railway has a great potential interest in
Photovoltaic Power Generation and Energy Storage Capacity
The large-scale integration of distributed photovoltaic energy into traction substations can promote self-consistency and low-carbon energy consumption of rail
DESIGN OF HYBRID SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM FOR THE
To compute and to modelthe hybrid solar system, MATLAB, CATIA, MicrosoftVisio and Microsoft Excel software were used. Theamounts of solar energy generated for the traction,
Application of Energy Storage Systems for Electric Railways Case
For the supercapacitor, it is difficult to be used alone due to a higher weight to be added on the train since onboard energy storage is preferred in the design. Thus, the combination of
Research on the Strategy of Integrating Photovoltaic Energy Storage
In order to meet the needs of railway green electricity, this paper adopts photovoltaic power generation instead of traditional thermal power generation. This p
ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY ADDIS ABABA INSTITUTE OF
rid-connected PV system is studied. The aim is to design and simulate a single-phase gri. -connected PV system for railway traction applications. The design of a single-phase grid-connected PV system
Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa Institute of Technology
This research proposes a strategy of onboard auxiliary supply system of light weight train using photovoltaic and battery energy storages. The structure proposed here is to install the solar panels
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