Energy management system and method for vehicle systems

摘要

An energy management system and method for a vehicle system operate the vehicle system according to a current trip plan as the vehicle system travels along a route during a trip. The current trip plan designates operational settings of the vehicle system. The system and method also revise the current trip plan into a revised trip plan responsive to current, actual operation of the vehicle system differing from the current trip plan by at least a designated threshold amount. The revised trip plan designates operational settings of the vehicle system and includes an initial designated operational setting that matches the current, actual operation of the vehicle system.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
controlling a vehicle to travel along a route according to a trip plan that designates first operational settings of the vehicle as a function of one or more of time or distance along the route as the vehicle moves along the route; receiving plural requests to revise the trip plan as the vehicle moves along the route; classifying individual requests based on a determined necessity of the requests; determining a hierarchical order of the requests based on the determined necessity of the requests; revising the trip plan according to one or more of the requests based on the hierarchical order; comparing parameters of the requests that are received to identify a first optional request that corresponds to a first mandatory request; combining the first optional request and the first mandatory request into a combined request; and revising the first operational settings of the trip plan according to the combined request.