Title :
Energy saving strategy in São Paulo Metro
Author :
Alves, F.T. ; Pires, C.L.
Author_Institution :
Sao Paulo Metro, São Paulo, Brazil
Abstract :
In this paper describes a different approach in order to save energy consumption for metros systems. It consists on reduce the maximum station-to-station speed through increase acceleration and deceleration values.
Keywords :
energy conservation; locomotives; railway engineering; traction; Sao Paulo metro; energy consumption; energy saving strategy; maximum station-to-station speed; rail transportation; traction; energy saving; simulation; traction;
Conference_Titel :
Railway Traction Systems (RTS 2010), IET Conference on
Conference_Location :
Birmingham
DOI :
10.1049/ic.2010.0037
