A Sensitivity Analysis for Power Profile Modeling: A Case Study of Dutch DC Railway Networks

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Abstract

DC energy hubs have emerged as suitable candidates to enhance the electrical infrastructure in a localized approach, allowing future expansion in the transportation sector despite the electricity grid congestion. However, a risk in designing such a hub is that the outcome of the optimization can be a mere consequence of the (lack of) sophistication of its generation and load models. In that aim, this paper presents a sensitivity analysis for a power demand profile for a DC railway traction power substation, taking into account traction power parameters and the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) modeling approaches. It is found that the traction parameters such as total mass can be confidently considered using an averaged value. On the other hand, modeling the HVAC system using an averaged power demand can lead to errors over 6%, especially in the recovered braking energy calculations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2024 International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion, SPEEDAM 2024
PublisherIEEE
Pages1081-1086
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)979-8-3503-8759-9
ISBN (Print)979-8-3503-8760-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event2024 International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion, SPEEDAM 2024 - Napoli, Italy
Duration: 19 Jun 202421 Jun 2024

Conference

Conference2024 International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion, SPEEDAM 2024
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityNapoli
Period19/06/2421/06/24

Bibliographical note

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Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.

Keywords

  • Energy hub
  • energy storage
  • grid congestion
  • high power rectifiers
  • railways
  • renewable energy
  • traction

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