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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 51: Guiding the Selection and Application of Wayside Energy Storage Technologies for Rail Transit and Electric Utilities is designed to help identify and implement effective wayside energy storage systems for rail transit. Energy storage applications addressed in the report include braking energy recapture, power quality voltage sag regulation, peak power reduction, and the development of energy storage substations.

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2010. Guiding the Selection and Application of Wayside Energy Storage Technologies for Rail Transit and Electric Utilities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/22911.

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8.5 x 11 |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/22911
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TRB Disclaimer 1-1
About the National Academies 2-2
Foreword 3-4
Contents 5-8
1 - Introduction 9-9
3 - Potential Benefits of Energy Storage 10-11
4 - Transit Agency Needs Assessment 12-16
5 - Simulation and Modeling Approach 17-29
6 - Economic Measures of Benefit 30-33
7 - Guiding the Selection of Energy Storage Application 34-49
9 - Recommendations 50-50
11 - References 51-51
Appendix A - Energy Storage Research Consortium 52-52
Appendix B - Vendor Advisory Group 53-55
Appendix C - Simulation Software 56-63

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