In this project, a smart city-bus transit system, that uses on-board supercapacitors and grid connected ESSs has been modeled and simulated.
Supercapacitors are used as the primary energy source in buses. They can be charged quickly and are able to store enough energy during the stoppage time to get to the next stop.
Instead of taking power directly from the electricity distribution network, propose to use large capacity batteries such as VRBs (Vanadium Redox batteries) as indirect source of power supply. These batteries will charge themselves during off peak hours when the load on the distribution network is low and will act as a charging station for the buses during peak hours.
Instead of taking power directly from the electricity distribution network, propose to use large capacity batteries such as VRBs (Vanadium Redox batteries) as indirect source of power supply. These batteries will charge themselves during off peak hours when the load on the distribution network is low and will act as a charging station for the buses during peak hours.