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2019
Journal Article
Titel
Investigation and analysis of accumulators for the use of electrochemical storage in hybrid shunting locomotives
Abstract
This paper evaluates storage batteries with respect to usage in hybrid shunting locomotives. Topics are the status quo of existing technologies as well as future electrochemical storage technologies. A target system is used to evaluate the technologies. Furthermore, relevant battery characteristics for the usage in hybrid shunting locomotives have been identified. The necessary data have been retrieved from current literature (document analysis) and by a survey made with scientific and industrial experts. The results of the study show, that batteries of the lithium-ion-technology with a lithium-titanate anode and a lithium-iron-phosphate cathode are currently the most suitable batteries for the use in hybrid shunting locomotives. Promising future technologies are under investigation, but these technologies are several years away from their market entry.
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