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• TITLE: Research of Supercapacitor Voltage Equalization Strategy on Rubber-Tyred Gantry Crane Energy Saving System

  AUTHORS: Chunhe CHANG, Jiangping YANG, Yu LI, Zhongni ZHU

  KEYWORDS: supercapacitor, energy saving, rubber tyred gantry crane (RTG), voltage sharing, sesign of active equalization circuit

  JOURNAL NAME: Energy and Power Engineering, Vol.2 No.1, March 1, 2010

  ABSTRACT: A model for supercapacitor voltage equalization strategy is analyzed, and on this basis a supercapacitor voltage equalization method for Rubber Tyred Gantry Crane (RTG) energy saving system is proposed, namely active voltage equalization method based on Buck-Boost converter. The equalizing speed of the proposed method is fast. Firstly, the working principle and process of the voltage equalization circuit is analyzed in detail. In addition, design of active voltage equalization circuit parameters and control strategy are given. Finally, simulation analysis of the series connection of supercapacitors module is performed. Results show that this method for equalizing voltage can avoid over-voltage of each cell and possess practicable and high value for supercapacitor RTG energy saving system.