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Massimo Ceraolo - IEEE Xplore Author Profile

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The paper presents a techno-economic analysis regarding the simulation of conventional and battery-operated tramways in the urban contexts of cities having a very high historical value. In these sensitive sites the adoption of innovative storage technologies can contribute to further improve efficiency and sustainability also in terms of potential impact on the surrounding cultural and historical ...Show More
This paper presents a predictive model, that simulates the circulation of electric vehicles on highways and evaluates the impact on charging stations. The model takes into account key variables such as traffic volume, vehicle types, state of charge, and charging station availability. The case study focuses on a stretch of the A1 highway in Italy, where electric vehicles are expected to cover a rou...Show More
The increase in power performance of battery storage systems has led to their widespread adoption for power-oriented applications, characterized by high peak-to-average ratio load profiles. From the perspective of a user with such a power demand, in addition to the grid connection, the inclusion of a storage system can handle the quickest and unforeseen load fluctuations, levelling out the power a...Show More
Batteries are critical components of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and yet their expected lifetime is hard to estimate. Various determinants play a significant role, among which cell temperatures and usage profile are notably the most predominant, but their impact is complex to estimate. The variability of the vehicle usage patterns makes it difficult to estimate typical stresses on the battery...Show More
As new models of electric vehicles are put on the market, with larger batteries and higher charging rates, there are growing concerns about how the charging infrastructure should be upgraded and modernized to cope with the challenges they pose. Governmental directives and rules dictate minimal requirements for the future charging infrastructure, but would these be enough to handle massive numbers ...Show More
The rapid expansion of electricity production from renewable energies, and the diffusion of electric mobility make the development of increasingly efficient and high-performance energy storage systems indispensable. Lithium batteries and supercapacitors are the most widely devices today used for both stationary and vehicular application, they need to be characterised in terms of power, energy, and...Show More
This paper investigates the energy consumption and recharging need of regional and long-haul heavy-duty trucks. To this purpose, a simulation model complete with longitudinal vehicle dynamics, electric drive, storage system and recharging system is used. The simulation model is performed on the driving cycles proposed by the official tool for the evaluation of CO2 emission in the European Union. S...Show More
Grid resilience is becoming an important topic of research in the power community, as due to climate changes occurrences of natural disasters are becoming more frequent. Such unwanted atmospheric events can lead to serious damages to the power grids. This paper proposes a review of the state-of-the-art of the research work about how to improve the grid resilience in power systems. Firstly, it defi...Show More
Modelling thermal behaviour of battery packs in pure electric vehicles (BEVs) is one of the most demanding tasks in powertrain design activities. The complexity is given by the need of considering several aspects like internal geometry, cooling circuit, etc. for which the standard approach based on equivalent circuit model seems not to be adequate. The aim of this paper is instead to demonstrate h...Show More
This paper attempts to implement Sardinia-Italian-peninsula (SAPEI) high voltage direct current (HVDC) system in Modelica language. SAPEI was commissioned in 2011 to contribute to the stability of Italian grid and facilitate the export of power from Sardinia to Italian mainland and vice versa. SAPEI along with two formerly established HVDC links connect Italian main grid to Sardinia and Corsica is...Show More
A comprehensive network of high-power recharging points will be fundamental to enable long-distance travel for electric vehicles. However, the distribution grid may not be always capable to provide such high levels of power in every area. From this prospect, recharging pools equipped with battery storage system provide the opportunity to limit the maximum power request to the grid, avoiding the ne...Show More
This paper discusses modelling details of synchronous machines based on their description in terms of equations through the Modelica language and Modelica-based PowerGrids library. Synchronous machine modelling is well established in plenty of research and PowerGrids library has been designed prior to this paper. The novelty of this paper resides in the fact that here we discuss some key model det...Show More
This paper evaluates the possible operation of charging stations with PV generation and storage, intended for installation in urban environments.To do this, vehicle arrivals and charging have been simulated, also including the effects due to photovoltaic generation, storage system capability, and energy market prices. A heuristic EV station control logic was developed, and the variability of meteo...Show More
In conjunction with the worldwide interest in the safeguard of the environment, the possibility of storing electricity to allow larger renewable energy source penetration is increasingly getting ground. In this framework, among all the potential stationary energy storage systems, Redox Flow Batteries (RFBs) appear as one of the most promising solutions. This is because of their several advantages,...Show More
This paper analyses the possibility to black-start a remote area using an existing Line Commutated Converter HVDC link.To do this, a relatively small size Voltage Sourced Converter must be installed at the link receiving-end. The black start takes place using the existing receiving end network and line commutated converters, and the DC line. The paper shows that the black start operation can take ...Show More
Lithium cells are typically modeled through equivalent electrical networks whose parameters are tuned to closely match measured data. In this way, complicated experimental procedures are often needed to correctly achieve the actual battery behavior. After the testing, simulation models are fitted on experimental data through optimization algorithms. The computational cost is high, and significant ...Show More
As the use of lithium batteries for energy storage systems is worldwide increasing both for stationary and mobile applications, the possibility to model the batteries electrical and thermal behaviour is fundamental. A complete battery is usually composed by several minor size cells linked together: hence, for a whole battery model, a single cell model is necessary. This paper shows the development...Show More
The 2 x 25 kV railway systems are multi-engineering systems which involve many simulation issues. They require appropriate modelling and simulation tools to solve these issues and accurately reflect characteristic changes during system operation. This paper analyses the AC railway systems characteristics and several hypotheses that are proposed to simplify these simulation issues. After that, the ...Show More
Nowadays lithium batteries very often are considered the best choice, both for stationary and mobile applications. However, their cost remains higher than some other technologies, despite a significant decline in the last years. Additionally, for safety reasons accurate thermal management is needed, not to exceed the maximum allowed temperature. It is therefore of interest to evaluate alternative ...Show More
This paper gathers experiences and results from several demonstration projects in the field of grid integration of electric vehicles. The analyzed research projects are selected among research institutes and universities that are part of the European Energy Research Alliance Joint Program on Smart Grids. The paper provides an overview of recent trends in the field of electric vehicles integration ...Show More
Aging of batteries is one the most significant aspects to be considered, when engaged in stationary or mobile applications. With reference to a project currently in progress, based on an accurate analysis of fast charging operations, some experimental tests have been carried out on an LFP lithium cell, to analyze its aging over time, when subjected to different solicitations of power requested. Ad...Show More
Railcars for regional no-electrified rail lines typically use powertrains composed by an internal combustion engine coupled to a mechanical transmission. Since they are normally employed on short distances with many stops, different level of hybridization may be considered, in order to recover during braking at least part of the kinetic energy of the train. Additionally, to further reduce the envi...Show More
In the last years, many papers already addressed the analysis of techniques for optimizing energy management on-board hybrid vehicles. However, the large majority of them focused on detailed analyses for specific architectures, suggesting algorithms valid only for them. This paper, on the contrary, performs a basic analysis and tries to find general rules, adequate for a large variety of hybrid ve...Show More
Lithium cells are typically modelled through equivalent electrical networks, whose parameters are tuned in order to closely match measured data. In this way, complicated experimental procedures are often needed, to correctly achieve the actual battery behaviour. After making the tests, simulation models are fitted on experimental data, through some optimization algorithms. Computational costs cann...Show More