METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TIMETABLE OPTIMIZATION UTILIZING ENERGY CONSUMPTION FACTORS

摘要

Systems and methods for synchronizing two or more vehicles operating on an electric transportation line to optimize energy consumption. A controller is provided having a computer memory component storing a set of computer-executable instructions, a list of braking intervals, and a list of acceleration intervals for the vehicles. The controller also has a processing component configured to execute the set of computer-executable instructions to operate on the list of braking intervals and the list of acceleration intervals to minimize an energy consumption of the electric transportation line over a determined period of time by shifting acceleration intervals to synchronize with braking intervals. A dedicated heuristic greedy algorithm and an energy model are implemented in the controller as part of the computer-executable instructions to achieve the improved energy consumption.

主权项

1. A controller, comprising:
a non-transitory computer memory component storing a set of computer-executable instructions, a list of braking intervals for a plurality of vehicles operating on an electric transportation line, and a list of acceleration intervals for the plurality of vehicles; and a processing component configured to execute the set of computer-executable instructions to at least operate on the list of braking intervals and the list of acceleration intervals to reduce an energy consumption of the electric transportation line over a period of time by shifting one or more acceleration intervals of the list of acceleration intervals in time with respect to one or more braking intervals of the list of braking intervals.