Increasing attention is being paid to energy efficiency in subway systems to reduce operational cost and carbon emissions. Optimization of the driving strategy and efficient utilization of regenerative energy are two effective methods to reduce the energy consumption for electric subway systems. Based on a common scenario that an accelerating train can reuse the regenerative energy from a braking train on the opposite track, this paper proposes a cooperative train control model to minimize the practical energy consumption, i.e., the difference between traction energy and the reused regenerative energy. First, we design a numerical algorithm to calculate the optimal driving strategy with the given trip time, in which the variable traction force, braking force, speed limits, and gradients are considered. Then, a cooperative train control model is formulated to adjust the departure time of the accelerating train for reducing the practical energy consumption during the trip by efficiently using the regenerative energy of the braking train. Furthermore, a bisection method is presented to solve the optimal departure time for an accelerating train. Finally, the optimal driving strategy is obtained for the accelerating train with the optimal departure time. Case studies based on the Yizhuang Line, Beijing Subway, China, are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach on energy saving.


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    Title :

    A Cooperative Train Control Model for Energy Saving


    Contributors:
    Su, Shuai (author) / Tang, Tao (author) / Roberts, Clive (author)


    Publication date :

    2015-04-01


    Size :

    1000023 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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