Tynan-Winters

1.) Supercapacitor Integration and Battery Management System (BMS) - Senior Project 2018 – 2019   Project Scope and Objectives: Research, design and build a full-scale current collecting powertrain utilizing supercapacitors as the primary energy device for propelling the bogie when wayside power is not available.  1.     Accelerate a 400lb bogie to 2mph with only wayside power 2.     Propel a 250kg bogie at 2mph using only supercapacitors to the next wayside pickup. 3.     Passively connect the wayside power rails with each current collector mechanism using a sloped rail. 4.     Recharge on-board energy storage within the amount of time it would take for a passenger to exit and a new passenger to enter (~two minutes). 5.     Safely control supercapacitor charging, discharging, state of charge and balancing using an off-the-shelf battery management system. Project Results: 1.     Successfully accelerated the bogie with wayside power 2.     Succe