{"title":"Development of energy evaluation system during manual operation using train simulator","authors":"Shoichiro Watanabe, Tomonori Hasegawa, Daisuke Yamaguchi, Takashi Oshitate","doi":"10.1002/eej.23380","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>The electric railway is an environment-friendly transportation system. An energy-saving operation with a low cost and high energy-saving efficiency is often considered to further decrease energy consumption. An Automatic Train Operation (ATO) system has the advantage of energy-saving because a train can be controlled by an on-board computer. However, many railway lines are still being operated by drivers and controlled via manual operation in addition, energy managements often become difficult for drivers and operators. Therefore, a study of energy-saving manual operation is desired. Energy verification of a manual operation is difficult because an adequate experiment has several constraints and trial periods are limited. Moreover, it requires a considerable amount of time and effort. In this study, an energy evaluation system is developed to calculate the energy consumed by a train when a driver manually operates it through adding an advanced calculation device to a conventional railway simulator. Consequently, the evaluation system contributes to carry out simple experiments with a short duration.</p>","PeriodicalId":50550,"journal":{"name":"Electrical Engineering in Japan","volume":"215 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2022-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Electrical Engineering in Japan","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eej.23380","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The electric railway is an environment-friendly transportation system. An energy-saving operation with a low cost and high energy-saving efficiency is often considered to further decrease energy consumption. An Automatic Train Operation (ATO) system has the advantage of energy-saving because a train can be controlled by an on-board computer. However, many railway lines are still being operated by drivers and controlled via manual operation in addition, energy managements often become difficult for drivers and operators. Therefore, a study of energy-saving manual operation is desired. Energy verification of a manual operation is difficult because an adequate experiment has several constraints and trial periods are limited. Moreover, it requires a considerable amount of time and effort. In this study, an energy evaluation system is developed to calculate the energy consumed by a train when a driver manually operates it through adding an advanced calculation device to a conventional railway simulator. Consequently, the evaluation system contributes to carry out simple experiments with a short duration.
期刊介绍:
Electrical Engineering in Japan (EEJ) is an official journal of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ). This authoritative journal is a translation of the Transactions of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. It publishes 16 issues a year on original research findings in Electrical Engineering with special focus on the science, technology and applications of electric power, such as power generation, transmission and conversion, electric railways (including magnetic levitation devices), motors, switching, power economics.