Shandong Science ›› 2020, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (1): 99-108.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.2020.01.014

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Energy consumption of rail-transit trains considering energy-saving slope and train marshaling scheme

 CHEN Lei,RAN Xin-chen*,LIU Ge-hui    

  1. School of Traffic and Transportation,Beijing Jiaotong University,Beijing 100044, China
  • Received:2019-08-23 Published:2020-02-20 Online:2020-02-13

Abstract: The energy consumption of urban rail-transit trains is mainly influenced by their line conditions and operation organization scheme. To accurately simulate the relationship between line operating conditions and train operation energy consumptions, this study presents a rail-transit train simulation model that has an energy-efficient speed profile. Each interstation section consists of three phases: maximum acceleration, coasting, and maximum braking. The proposed model considers the characteristics of the train operation between the stations and the impact of the train marshaling scheme and the design of the energy-saving slope on the energy consumption of trains. This simulation model consists of three components: train force analysis, interstation train operation strategy design, and energy consumption calculations. Different line conditions and train marshaling schemes are designed on the Visual studio platform to perform the simulation, and the effect on the energy consumption of trains and the characteristics of energy consumption are analyzed. The results show that logical energy-saving slope design and train marshaling scheme plans are beneficial to reduce the train operation energy consumption.

Key words: rail-transit train, train operation energy consumption, operation strategy, energy-saving slope, train marshaling scheme

CLC Number: 

  • U292

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