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In the field of electric transportation the UCs need to be modeled dynamically in order to capture real-time characteristics. The model should provide precise estimation of UC responses to various charge/discharge conditions and also predict the behavior of UCs under varied load conditions. In order to incorporate the model for testing purposes in various power electronics/drive simulation toolboxes, it is very important for the model to be accurate. In this thesis an accurate dynamic parameter identification technique is proposed. The identification technique can be integrated with an equivalent RC branch UC model, which can estimate the output voltage without the extraction of the model parameters. The parameters will be determined dynamically from the characteristic equations of the respective model parameters. The complete model is built in MATLAB/Simulink. The simulation responses to different charging and discharging current pulses are presented. 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In order to incorporate the model for testing purposes in various power electronics/drive simulation toolboxes, it is very important for the model to be accurate. In this thesis an accurate dynamic parameter identification technique is proposed. The identification technique can be integrated with an equivalent RC branch UC model, which can estimate the output voltage without the extraction of the model parameters. The parameters will be determined dynamically from the characteristic equations of the respective model parameters. The complete model is built in MATLAB/Simulink. The simulation responses to different charging and discharging current pulses are presented. 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