Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2023, 25(4):C62-C69 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2023.063

Supercapacitor Module Sizing concerning Operational Constraints of the Power Converter

Michal Frivaldský ORCID...1, Zdeno Biel2, Marcel Pčola2, Gabriel Kácsor2, Marek Franko ORCID...2, Juraj Surový2, *
1 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia
2 EVPU a.s., Nova Dubnica, Slovakia

In this paper, the focus is given on the potential use of the supercapacitor component for peak power delivery, required during operation. Potential application use considered here is electric drive for robotic arm motorization. Automatization of industrial and manufacturing processes requires increasing demands on the use of industrial robots. The motion profiles of such system, requires within the operation peak power demand. The supply system can be composed from DC bus power supply, or combined with energy storage system. Combination with proper energy storage component, can improve energy efficiency and provide peak power for the requirements of the system operation. In this paper, design approach for supercapacitor (SC) module is presented for certain motion profile, which is defined by power requirement here. SC module design reflects input to output electrical specifications, while the most optimal configuration is being identified according to SC operation. This approach refers also to the identification of the operational performance of DC-DC bidirectional converter and its proper topological configuration.

Keywords: energy storage, supercapacitor, module, bidirectional converter
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This publication was realized with support of Operational Program Integrated Infrastructure 2014 - 2020 of the project: Innovative Solutions for Propulsion, Power and Safety Components of Transport Vehicles, code ITMS 313011V334, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Received: May 12, 2023; Accepted: June 27, 2023; Prepublished online: June 30, 2023; Published: October 24, 2023  Show citation

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Frivaldský, M., Biel, Z., Pčola, M., Kácsor, G., Franko, M., & Surový, J. (2023). Supercapacitor Module Sizing concerning Operational Constraints of the Power Converter. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 25(4), C62-69. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2023.063
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