Railways are a rather efficient transport mean, and yet there is increasing interest in
reducing their energy consumption and making them more sustainable in the current context …

From airplanes to electric vehicles and trains, modern transportation systems require large
quantities of energy. These vast amounts of energy have to be produced somewhere …

Compared with energy storage equipment based on supercapacitors, flywheels, or lithium
batteries, inverters have obvious advantages in installation space, cost, reliability, and …

The modeling complexity of the traction power system and variation of traffic conditions bring
challenges for the optimization of energy management strategy for supercapacitor energy …

Among the numerous challenges that are faced during the daily operation of high-speed rail,
the management of the neutral zones in the catenary during unexpected disturbances …

Energy efficient techniques are receiving increasing attention because of rising energy
prices and environmental concerns. Railways, along with other transport modes, are facing …

Energy and environmental sustainability in transportation are becoming ever more
important. In Europe, the transportation sector is responsible for about 30% of the final end …

This article presents a microscopic simulation model and corresponding energy-optimal
control method for high-speed trains. The vehicle-line-coupled longitudinal dynamics model …

An electric railway smart microgrid system (ERSMS) with integration of multiple energy
systems is proposed to reduce the energy consumption of the railway system and improve …

Railway systems must increase their performance and economic competitiveness to remain
an effective and efficient transport mode. Energy efficiency goals are one of the main drivers …