Portable Ultracapacitor-Based Power Source for Emergency Starting of Internal Combustion Engines

Moshe Averbukh; Simon Lineykin; Alon Kuperman

doi:10.1109/TPEL.2014.2355422

Portable Ultracapacitor-Based Power Source for Emergency Starting of Internal Combustion Engines

Moshe Averbukh, Simon Lineykin, Alon Kuperman

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Abstract

An original ultracapacitor (UC) based compact electric power source is introduced in the paper. The device employs the synergy between rich energy content of vehicle lead-acid batteries and power capabilities of UCs to allow emergency starting of internal combustion engine in case of a weak battery. The UC-based power source is capable of charging at low rate from the battery and then providing current burst required for proper engine starting. A prototype is designed employing original power circuitry, and a dedicated algorithm for optimal UC charging is developed. The device is successfully used for diesel engine starting, as shown by experimental results.

Original language	English
Article number	6894215
Pages (from-to)	4283-4290
Number of pages	8
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Volume	30
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2014.2355422
State	Published - 1 Jan 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Engine starting
lead-acid batteries
ultracapacitors (UCs)

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