Analysis of Kinetic Energy Recovery System Based on Four-Phase Interleaved Buck Converter for Vehicle Verification Processes

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Keywords:

Energy efficiency, Interleaved Buck converter, Flywheel, Kinetic energy, ; DC/DC, KERS

Abstract

The automotive industry consumes large amounts of fossil fuels during vehicle acceleration and braking tests as part of quality verification. The kinetic energy generated in the test rollers is typically wasted during vehicle braking. One approach to reducing vehicle production costs and improving the efficiency of fossil fuel consumption is to recover a fraction of this energy using a system that does not interfere with vehicle verification standards. The recovered energy can be stored or used for other essential functions, such as powering lighting systems. In industrial processes, electrical energy is the most common form of energy recovery due to its advantages in storage, distribution, and transformation for various applications. This paper presents the analysis of a kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) based on a four-phase interleaved Buck converter for vehicle testing processes. A stage by stage analysis of the energy recovery system is provided, along with the selection of system parameters. Furthermore, the advantages of the proposed topology and the experimental results are discussed.

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Author Biographies

Iván Alfonso Reyes-Portillo, Universidad Politécnica de San Luis Potosí

Ivan Reyes-Portillo received the degree of Electromechanical Engineer from the Instituto Tecnológico Superior de San Andrés Tuxtla, San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico in 2016 and the degree of Master of Science in Electronic Engineering from the Centro Nacional de Investigacion Y Desarrollo Tecnológico, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México in 2019. Obtained a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México, in 2024. He is currently a professor at Universidad Politécnica de San Luis Potosí in the Academy of Engineering in Systems and Industrial Technologies. His main areas of interest are DC/DC converters, redundant power processing converters, energy storage and renewable energies.

Abraham Claudio-Sánchez, Centro Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico

Abraham Claudio Sanchez (IEEE member) received the B.Sc. degree and the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Instituto Tecnologico de Laguna, Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico, in 1983 and 1987, respectively, the DEA degree, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering (power electronics) from Institut Polytechnique National de Grenoble (INPG), Grenoble, France, in 1992 and 1995, respectively. He was a postdoctoral research fellow with the Center for Power Electronics Systems, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, in 2002. Since 1987, he has been with the National Center for Research and Technological Development (cenidet), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, as a full time professor in the Power Electronics Group. His main field of interest and expertise is the characterization and modeling of power semiconductor devices, and he has affinity with other related topics such as AC motor control and fault detection.

 

Saúl Rolando Méndez Elizondo, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí

Saúl Rolando Méndez-Elizondo (member IEEE) received the degree of Biomedical Engineer and the degree of Master´s in Electrical Engineering from the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, in 2017 and 2020, respectively. He is currently a PhD. student in Electrical Engineering at the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí. His main areas of interest are DC/DC converters, study of stability in DC microgrids, energy storage and controller design for power electronic systems.

Dora Luz Castro-López, Universidad Politécnica de San Luis Potosí

Dora Luz Castro-López received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (UAZ), Zacatecas, in 2011, and the master's and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (UASLP), San Luis Potosí, México, in 2014 and 2021, respectively. She is currently a professor at Universidad Politécnica de San Luis Potosí in the Academy of Engineering in Systems and Industrial Technologies. His research interests focus on heat transfer in biomedical systems and fluid mechanics applications. In addition, she is interested in the study of heat transfer and thermal design of power electronics systems.

Luis Guillermo Carreto-Hernández, Universidad Tecnológica de Gutiérrez Zamora

Luis Guillermo Carreto-Hernández was born in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, in 1993. He obtained a degree in Electromechanical Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Misantla (ITSM) in 2016. In 2019 and 2023, he completed his Master’s and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering Sciences at the Centro Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico (CENIDET). He is currently a professor at the Universidad Tecnológica de Gutiérrez Zamora (UTGZ).

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Published

2025-05-14

How to Cite

Reyes-Portillo, I. A. ., Claudio-Sánchez, A. ., Méndez Elizondo, S. R., Castro-López, D. L., & Carreto-Hernández, L. G. . (2025). Analysis of Kinetic Energy Recovery System Based on Four-Phase Interleaved Buck Converter for Vehicle Verification Processes. IEEE Latin America Transactions, 23(6), 527–536. Retrieved from https://latamt.ieeer9.org/index.php/transactions/article/view/9490

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Vol. 23 No. 6 (2025): Ordinary Issue

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Electronics