This guide is a performance-based guide to assist engineers involved in the design, specification, and technical evaluation of traction wayside energy storage systems. This guide provides a system perspective overview of the following: - Common terminology used to describe performance - Common applications and technologies - Common equipment topologies - Specification of energy storage systems - Economic considerations and cost-benefit analysis - Modeling and simulation - Performance and functional considerations - Interoperability considerations - Tools and methods to verify safety - Installation and integration considerations - Tools and methods to measure and verify system performance
- Standard Committee
- VT/TPSSC - Traction Power Systems Standards Committee
- Status
- Active PAR
- PAR Approval
- 2025-03-27
- Superseding
- 1887-2017
Working Group Details
- Society
- IEEE Vehicular Technology Society
- Standard Committee
- VT/TPSSC - Traction Power Systems Standards Committee
- Working Group
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WESS Guide for Dc Traction App - Wayside Energy Storage System Guide for DC Traction Applications
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- Patricia Roder
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- Di (Judy) WU
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1887-2017
IEEE Guide for Wayside Energy Storage Systems for DC Traction Applications
Traction power systems experience some of the most extreme variations in local power loads as compared to most other large scale electric power supply networks. These variations create challenges in the construction of reliable electric power delivery systems and in the performance of the rolling stock dependent on power supplied by the system. A solution is offered by energy storage by smoothing out these power variations, absorbing energy as system voltage rises, and delivering energy as voltage drops. Engineers are helped by this guide to identify where these solutions can provide the greatest benefits, design solutions with the greatest impact, and quantify the costs and benefits of deploying new solutions.
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