Effectiveness and Optimal Placement of Bidirectional Substations for Regenerative
Braking Energy Recovery in Electrical Network of Metro System

Hosseinipour , Seyed Aala; Zolghadri , Mohammad Reza

doi:10.22068/IJRARE.6.2.43

Volume 6, Issue 2 (12-2019) IJRARE 2019, 6(2): 43-52 | Back to browse issues page

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Hosseinipour S A, Zolghadri M R. Effectiveness and Optimal Placement of Bidirectional Substations for Regenerative Braking Energy Recovery in Electrical Network of Metro System. IJRARE 2019; 6 (2) :43-52
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Effectiveness and Optimal Placement of Bidirectional Substations for Regenerative Braking Energy Recovery in Electrical Network of Metro System

Seyed Aala Hosseinipour

, Mohammad Reza Zolghadri

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

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Using bidirectional converters in Metro substations, regenerative braking energy can be fed back to the AC grid to decrease the braking energy loss. In this paper, effectiveness of bidirectional rectifiers and their placement are investigated. A case study is provided for determination of optimal location and capacity of bidirectional rectifiers in 8 rectifier substations for different traffic scenarios in portion of line 1 of the Tehran Metro system. particle swarm optimization (PSO) method is used for selection of optimal traction substation for inverter placement, Finally, the results of simulation and optimization using the software built in MATLAB / SYMULINK is presented. Simulation results confirm the effectiveness of using bidirectional rectifiers as well as the optimization method.

Keywords: Reversible Substation, Regenerative Braking Energy Recovery, Bidirectional rectifiers, Energy Savings, PSO Algorithm

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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Railway track and structures