Energy Supply Infrastructure of Smart Transport

The book examines innovative infrastructure components of smart homes and smart transport systems with a focus on efficiently solving energy supply challenges and applying the most advanced integrative solutions based on the use of next-generation composite materials.

The concept of smart homes and smart transport was originally based on the use of solar energy to meet all energy demands of their infrastructure components. These solutions were demonstrated at international exhibitions dedicated to solar energy and were largely associated with the use of solar-powered devices for charging electric vehicle batteries.

Already at the initial stages of demonstration, it became evident that both smart homes and smart transport systems require energy storage systems—specifically accumulators and batteries—to ensure a stable electricity supply during periods of low energy consumption.

Early experiments involving the use of automotive batteries for these purposes clearly revealed a critical dependency of storage systems on thermal conditions. This led to the need for developing effective solutions through the application of new structural materials for the production of enclosures and components of energy storage systems intended for operation within the infrastructure supersystems and subsystems of smart homes, with the possibility of further application in electric vehicles.