Overview

In recent years, energy efficiency has become a crucial concern for every transportation mode, but it is in electrified railways where energy savings have shown a bigger potential due to (i) regenerative braking, that allows converting kinetic energy into electric power, and (ii) vehicle interconnection, that allows other trains to use regenerated power. Power supply and energy management will continue to develop in the future. This book gathers under a single cover several papers published in the Computer on Railways series (IX, X and XI) and focuses on power supply and energy management. Some of the discussed themes are: modelling, simulation and optimisation of AC and DC infrastructure, analysis of rolling stock consumption, and innovative approaches in power supply operation. This book will be invaluable to management consultants, engineers, planners, designers, manufacturers, operators and IT specialists who need to keep abreast of the latest developments in the field.

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Author:   Eduardo Pilo
Publisher:   WIT Press
Imprint:   WIT Press
ISBN:  

9781845644987

ISBN 10:   1845644980
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   31 March 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part A. Energy Management in the Train Operation; Reducing power peaks and energy consumption in rail transit systems by simultaneous train running time control; Power management control in DC-electrified railways for the regenerative braking systems of electric trains; Impact of train model variables on simulated energy usage and journey time; A study of the power capacity of regenerative inverters in a DC electric railway system; Train operation minimizing energy consumption in DC electric railway with on-board energy storage device; Computer-aided design of ATO speed commands according to energy consumption criteria; Charge/discharge control of a train with on-board energy storage devices for energy minimization and consideration of catenary free operation; Evaluation of energy saving strategies in heavily used rail networks by implementing an integrated real-time rescheduling system; Part B. Power Supply System Analysis, Design and Planning; Online temperature monitoring of overhead contact line at the new German high-speed rail line Cologne-Rhine/Main; Electric traction energy metering on German Railways and the impact of European standardisation on the energy billing process in Germany; Development of feeder messenger catenary with the auxiliary wire; Catenary and autotransformer coupled optimization for 2x25kV systems planning; Investigation into the computational techniques of power system modelling for a DC railway; Optimal design of power supply systems using genetic algorithms; Application of linear analysis in railway power system stability studies; Fast estimation of aggregated results of many load flow solutions in electric traction systems; DC protection calculations - an innovative approach

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Eduardo PILO (PhD, Engineering, Universidad Pontificia Comillas) is a Assistant Research Professor in the Institute of Research on Technology (IIT) of the School of Engineering (ICAI) at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas of Madrid, Spain, and coordinator of the Master of Railway Systems of the university. In the last 10 years, he has been working on research projects related to the electrification of railways (high-speed and conventional), including planning. His main research areas are related to the energy efficiency and sustainability of railway systems.

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