Energy Saving in Elevators using Flywheels or Supercapacitors

Title:Energy Saving in Elevators using Flywheels or Supercapacitors

Volume: 10 Issue: 1

Author(s): Konstantinos Kafalis and Athanasios Karlis*

Affiliation:

• Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, University Campus Kimmeria, 67100 Xanthi,Greece

Keywords: Energy efficiency, energy storage, flywheels, supercapacitor, traction elevator, load’s dynamics, control strategy.

Abstract: Background: A traction elevator system is analytically simulated in this paper, driven by an induction motor, in order to study possible energy saving modes of operation in terms of returning energy to the DC.

Method: In order to reduce the total energy consumption of the system, the conventional braking system is replaced by a regenerative braking system, where the energy produced during braking is stored and not dissipated. This energy is transferred back to the DC-bus when there is high energy demand.

Result: Two regenerative brake systems are simulated, with supercapacitors and with flywheel, and the results are compared to a real application’s measurements.

Cite this article as:

Kafalis Konstantinos and Karlis Athanasios*, Energy Saving in Elevators using Flywheels or Supercapacitors, Recent Advances in Electrical & Electronic Engineering 2017; 10 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2352096510666170407165535

DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2352096510666170407165535	Print ISSN 2352-0965
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher	Online ISSN 2352-0973