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Model-based comparison of hybrid propulsion systems for railway diesel multiple units

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posted on 2018-06-11, 10:20 authored by Sebastian Schmid, Kambiz EbrahimiKambiz Ebrahimi, Antonios PezouvanisAntonios Pezouvanis, Walter Commerell
In order to reduce operating costs, railway vehicle operators need to find technical solutions to improve the efficiency of railway diesel multiple units on non-electrified railway routes. This can be achieved by hybridization of diesel multiple unit propulsion systems with electrical energy storage systems to enable brake energy recuperation. After highlighting the state of the art of hybrid railway vehicles and electrical energy storage systems, a simulation model of a generic diesel multiple unit in a 3-car formation is developed and equipped with three types of hybrid power transmissions. Simulations on realistic service profiles with different driving strategies show the potential for fuel consumption reduction for the different transmission types. On a suburban service profile, a 3-car diesel multiple unit is able to achieve simulated fuel savings of up to 24.1% and up to 18.9% on a regional service profile.

History

School

  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Department

  • Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering

Published in

International Journal of Rail Transportation

Volume

6

Issue

1

Pages

16 - 37

Citation

SCHMID, S. ... et al, 2017. Model-based comparison of hybrid propulsion systems for railway diesel multiple units. International Journal of Rail Transportation, 6 (1), pp.16-37.

Publisher

© Taylor & Francis

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Acceptance date

2017-10-07

Publication date

2017-10-20

Copyright date

2018

Notes

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Rail Transportation on 20 Oct 2017, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/23248378.2017.1390790.

ISSN

2324-8378

eISSN

2324-8386

Language

  • en