SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN RAILWAY SYSTEMS

摘要

A method optimizes energy consumption in a railway system including a set of trains and a set of substations connected to a grid. The method optimizes control parameters controlling at least part of the energy consumption of the railway system to produce optimized control parameters minimizing a total power provided by the grid to satisfy a power demand of the railway system. The optimizing is subject to constraints on operations of the railway system, which include as complementarity constraint. Next, the method generates a command to control the energy consumption of the railway system based on the optimized control parameters.

主权项

1. A method fir optimizing energy consumption in a railway system including a set of trains and a set of substations connected to a grid for providing power to the set of trains, comprising:
optimizing control parameters controlling at least part of the energy consumption of the railway system to produce optimized control parameters, wherein the optimized control parameters minimize a total power provided by the grid to satisfy a power demand of the railway system wherein the optimizing is subject to constraints on operations of the railway system, the constraints include a complementarity constraint; and generating a command to control the energy consumption of the railway system based on the optimized control parameters, wherein steps of the method are performed by a processor.