B - Operations – Transporting – 61 – C
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
61
C
B61C 17/12 (2006.01) B60L 15/32 (2006.01) G05B 13/02 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2610195
A method of controlling the operation of a railroad train having a locomotive consist comprising one or more railroad locomotives to improve locomotive consist fuel efficiency, the method including calculating on-board the locomotive consist a load of the train being moved by the locomotive consist based on measuring the movement of the train in response to locomotive consist power settings, determining on-board the locomotive consist a current location of the train, identifying on-board the locomotive consist a change in condition of the track prior to the train reaching the change in track condition, and adjusting on-board the locomotive consist the locomotive consist power setting to optimize locomotive consist fuel consumption based on the calculated load of the train as the train is proximate to the change in track condition.
L'invention porte sur un procédé qui permet de commander le fonctionnement d'un train de chemin de fer comprenant un groupe de traction composé d'au moins une locomotive de chemin de fer afin d'améliorer le rendement énergétique du groupe de traction, lequel procédé consiste: à calculer à bord du groupe de traction une charge du train déplacée par le groupe de traction sur la base d'une mesure du mouvement du train en réponse à des réglages de puissance du groupe de traction; à déterminer à bord du groupe de traction un emplacement actuel du train; à identifier à bord du groupe de traction un changement d'état de la voie avant que le train n'atteigne le changement d'état de la voie; et à ajuster à bord du groupe de traction le réglage de puissance du groupe de traction afin d'optimiser la consommation de carburant du groupe de traction sur la base de la charge calculée du train lorsque le train s'approche du changement d'état de la voie.
Ballesty Daniel
Daum Wolfgang
Shaffer Glenn R.
Company General Electric
Craig Wilson And Company
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