Title :
Energy saving by using regenerating braking as normal train operation
Author :
Goh, S. ; Griffith, M. ; Larbi, K.
Author_Institution :
Mott MacDonald Ltd., Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
Two boosterless electrification systems have been designed and modelled using Mott MacDonald´s in-house multi-train simulator TRAIN to assess the benefits from energy savings through the use of regenerative braking.
Keywords :
regenerative braking; electrification system; energy saving; regenerative braking; train operation; 2x25kV; Autotransformer; Multiple Return Conductor;
Conference_Titel :
Railway Traction Systems (RTS 2010), IET Conference on
Conference_Location :
Birmingham
DOI :
10.1049/ic.2010.0041
