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Method for optimizing energy in the manner in which a vehicle or train is driven using kinetic energy

US6668217B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Bombardier Transportation GmbH · DE

Inventors

Rudiger Franke · Mannheim, DE
Peter Terwiesch · Lenzburg, CH
Markus Meyer · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
Christian Klose · Neustrelitz, DE
Karl-Hermann Ketteler · Markdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 9, 2002
Grant date	Dec 23, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 9, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/72
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for power optimization in a vehicle/train is proposed, using time reserves which are included when planning a schedule, an overall route to be traveled between a starting stop and a destination stop being subdivided into a number of steps. In order to achieve a power-saving travel mode, with the aid of an optimization algorithm, the kinetic energy of the vehicle and the time are used as state variables in a vehicle model. The changes in the state variables are considered with respect to the distance in each step.

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