Energy-Efficient Operation of Subway Systems
Reference
S. Su,
Y. Wang,
B. De Schutter,
X. Li,
T.J.J. van den Boom, and
T. Tang,
"Energy-Efficient Operation of Subway Systems," Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Meeting of the
Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 12 pp., Jan.
2013. Paper 13-2451.
Abstract
To reduce the operation cost and then improve the operational
efficiency, people are paying more and more attention to the
energy-efficient operation of subway systems. In this paper, we
present and compare to two algorithms to optimize the energy-efficient
speed profile for trains of subway systems, which can reduce the
energy consumption of train operations. Firstly, we formulate a mixed
integer linear programming (MILP) model to get the optimal trajectory
for trains. Secondly, we present an integrated algorithm for
optimizing the timetable for the entire route together with the speed
profiles between successive stations, which is called as integrated
timetable. Finally, we give some numerical examples to illustrate the
validity of the algorithms based on the data from the Beijing YiZhuang
subway line in China.
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Bibtex entry
@inproceedings{SuWan:13-041,
author={S. Su and Y. Wang and B. {D}e Schutter and X. Li and T.J.J. van den Boom
and T. Tang},
title={Energy-Efficient Operation of Subway Systems},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research
Board},
address={Washington, DC},
month=jan,
year={2013},
note={Paper 13-2451}
}
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