Supercapacitor and Battery Hybrid Energy Storage System for Electric Vehicle

The energy storage system has been the most essential or crucial part of every electric vehicle or hybrid electric vehicle. The electrical energy storage system encounters a number of challenges as the use of green energy increases; yet, energy storage and power boost remain the two biggest challenges in the development of electric vehicles. Because of the rapid improvement of, the range of electric vehicles on a single charge, the demand for electric cars is rising quickly. To solve the problem experienced by many EVs of low range, an efficient electrical energy storage technology is required so that we can be able to increase the range. Installing a supercapacitor to serve as an additional energy source is one of the practical and realistic choices for enhancing performance and meeting its characteristics of high energy and power density. Chemical batteries and ultra-capacitors / super-capacitors will make up the energy storage system. In this study, I will be exploring the benefits of using supercapacitors in electric vehicles to handle their low power dynamic load. In this paper, the MATLAB simulation results show the advantages and performance of utilizing super-capacitors with batteries in electric vehicles as well as the viability of this approach.