Quasi-static simulation method for evaluation of energy consumption in hybrid light rail vehicles

The presented article will describe an ‘effect-cause’ model for the purpose of simulating the energy consumption of DC fed light rail vehicles. The model will assess the advantages of hybrid vehicles in terms of energy consumption, network power and voltage variations, line current and losses; and will help sizing and designing a supercapacitor based Energy Storage System (ESS) for both on-board, and stationary applications.