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CROW HOV-dag 7 december Amsterdam
Jan Huijben
Kiepe Electric
In Motion Charging / Trolley 2.0
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Brief Description Key Figures
Founding year
Worldwide recognized manufacturer of:
− Electrical Systems for Rail Vehicles
(Light Rail Vehicles, Underground Railways and Regional Trains)
− Electrical Systems for Electric Buses
(Trolley Buses, Diesel-Electric Buses. Fuel Cell Buses, Battery Buses)
− Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems for Rail Vehicles
Service and Components for Industries
Modular Systems – according to customers’ and partners’ particular
requirements
Employees: 749
Production space: 8 766 m²
Test facilities: 2 990 m²
9 Test stations (DC & AC up to 1.4 MW)
1906
Product Areas
Electrical Systems
Rail Vehicles
Electrical Systems
Electric Buses Service HVAC
Components for
Industries
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Trolley Buses D, NL, A, CH, I, USA, Can, ..
Diesel-Electrical Hybrid Buses Luxemburg,Enschede,Hagen,.
Fuel Cell Buses Amsterdam / Köln
Battery Buses with …
Overnight Charging (plug) Düsseldorf, Klagenfurt, ..
Opportunity Charging (Pantograph) Dresden
Opportunity Charging (inductive) Berlin, Braunschweig
Diesel electrical Range Extender Luxemburg
Fuel Cell Range Extender Hamburg
In Motion Charging (IMC) Esslingen, Dayton, Solingen,
Arnhem (2018) ……………
Overnight Charging
(Rheinbahn Düsseldorf), Solaris
Opportunity Charging (Pantograph)
EDDA Bus (project with Fraunhofer
company) (Dresden), Göppel
Opportunity Charging (inductive)
(Braunschweig), Solaris
Diesel electrical Range Extender
(Luxemburg), HESS
Fuel Cell Range Extender
(Hamburg), Solaris
Kiepe (Düsseldorf)
> 111 years
> 66 years e-buses
> 3333 vehicles
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Trolley 2.0 Arnhem
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Trolley 2.0 IMC-Bus
IMC
Energy management
Auxiliary supply
Diagnostic
and
Monitoring
Energy transfer
Traction inverter
copper wire
coal
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+ -
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Current Collector
(or Pantograph,
Connector)
Elektrobus
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Traction Battery
System Integration:
Energy Management,
Controlling Units, Diagnostics
1
Power Electronics
(Traction and
Auxiliary Inverter)
4 Brake Resistor 2 Traction Motor
5 3 6
1
3
4
5
5
6
2
6
Complete electrical systems for e-buses (e.g. with In Motion Charging (IMC®))
Supplier Kiepe Electric
single or double traction systems
System Integrator
cabling
make it work reliable
optimize
homologation
long term availability
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Charging time for different vehicle sizes and velocities
Standing charging: idle time due to opportunity / flash charging
Velocity of Bus 12m standard bus 18m articulated bus 24m double artic bus
15 km/h 3,4 min 5,6% 5,6 min 9,4% 7,9 min 13%
20 km/h 4,5 min 7,5% 7,5 min 12,5% 10,5 min 17,5%
30 km/h 6,8 min 11,2% 11,2min 18,7% 15,8 min 26,5%
Assumed charging power: 400 kW
Energy consumptions: 12m: 1,5 kWh/km; 18m: 2,5 kWh/km; 24m: 3,5 kWh/km
Higher velocity
Longer vehicle
more energy consumption per hour
longer charging time / idle time
higher costs due to x% additional buses (& driver?)
Opportunity/Flash charging is mainly suitable for:
Low average velocity lines
Short vehicles
For 1 hour driving idle time of standing bus
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TCO 18m diesel bus
Bus driver:
> 50%
Energy:
> 20%
Vehicle: < 15%
Costs pro km for 18 m diesel
bus
Bus driver is the cost driver
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In Motion Charging (IMC)
- During operation time
- With powerful* air cooled power supply
- 50% of the energy** (for 50% wireless)
- During passengers transportation
Transferring electrical energy
Concept of e-bus charging: Standing vs In Motion Charging
Standing charging
- During limited time slots
- With limited power
- 100% of the energy (traction, heating, etc)
- No service during charging
* In Motion Charging possible with up to 525 kW continuous
** The rest goes straight to the motor – bypassing the battery
btw: Energy transfer from copper wire via coal to vehicle
is used also for trams, locomotives up to high speed trains copper wire
coal
IMC is the most powerful charging concept for battery buses bottleneck gets resolved
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When batteries get better …
What will actually change?
If the battery : - Price will be reduced by 20% TCO will be reduced slightly.
- Energy density will increase by 15% Three passengers more *
- Power density will increase by 15% see energy density
** if more energy gets installed for increasing the range longer charging time
* 1500kg Battery , thus 225kg less weight
The charging challenge remains!
… or gets worse**
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IMC: One technology, all concepts
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IMC Opportunity Overnight
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Modern e-bus propulsion systems
Why the wires?
Reliable e-bus concept with very high availability Low vehicle reserve needed
Highest energy efficiency & through sustainable overhead wires and less batteries
“Unlimited” energy available “just in time”
convenient for heating & air conditioning, infotainment
High passenger capacity of 24 meter possible (with few personnel)
Fast with powerful characteristics
Range of Zero Emission operation is “unlimited” (also in very cold or hot weather conditions)
IMC battery charging is easy on battery and therefore on battery live time
Universal interface for battery charging (not tying up to an unique provider with monopole)
Bus driver doesn’t have to wait for battery recharging (TCO)
Low peak power requirement for substations
Most economical zero emission bus operation for medium to high transportation capacity
Allows big fleets of electrical buses
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Proven Technology in combination with High-Tech-Batteries
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Many information on Trolley 2.0 in Arnhem on the world
wide web
IMC paper buses
Documentation busses including specifications available
here at this moment
Article about IMC available in German and English
What else?
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Sept 4th Linz
Perfect for an
implementation
of e-buses: 24m IMC
http://www.euregio.org/action/projects/item/131/e-bus-2020/
https://www.deutschland-nederland.eu/nl/project/e-bus-
2020-in-motion-charging-2/
https://energienext.nl/slim-laden-en-schoon-rijden-e-bus-
2020-nodigt-uit/
https://www.fluxenergie.nl/autos-opladen-met-energie-uit-
een-arnhemse-trolley/
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Thank you for your attention
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Jan Huijben
Tel. 0162-469620
www.kiepe.knorr-bremse.com
Kiepe Electric GmbH