1. Comparative Calculation of the Fuel–Optimal Operating Strategy for Diesel Hybrid Railway Vehicles
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Leska Maik, Aschemann Harald, Melzer Michael, and Meinert Michael
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hybrid railway vehicle ,fuel-optimal energy management ,dynamic programming ,sensitivity ,optimisation ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 ,Electronic computers. Computer science ,QA75.5-76.95 - Abstract
In contrast to road-based traffic, the track as well as the corresponding duty cycle for railways are known beforehand, which represents a great advantage during the development of operating strategies for hybrid vehicles. Hence the benefits of hybrid vehicles regarding the fuel consumption can be exploited by means of an off-line optimisation. In this article, the fuel-optimal operating strategy is calculated for one specified track using two hybrid railway vehicles with different kinds of energy storage systems: on the one hand, a lithium-ion battery (high-energy storage) and, on the other, a double layer capacitor (high-power storage). For this purpose, control-oriented simulation models are developed for each architecture addressing the main effects contributing to the longitudinal dynamics of the power train. Based on these simulation models, the fuel-optimal operating strategy is calculated by two different approaches: Bellman’s dynamic programming, a wellknown approach in this field, and an innovative sensitivity-based optimisation.
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- 2017
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