Abstract
This article aims to provide an overview of the modeling and control of heavy-haul trains from an energy efficiency viewpoint. For this purpose, a unifying classification of energy efficiency in terms of performance, operation, equipment, and technology (POET) is presented and then applied to heavy-haul train control problems. A heavy-haul train is an energy system, and its cruise control can be viewed as an energy-efficiency control under this classification of energy-efficiency components. As shown in this article, heavy-haul train control technologies can be included in POET-based energy-efficiency control for operational performance improvement of a heavy-haul train.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 18-24 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | IEEE Control Systems |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- modeling and control
- heavy haul trains
