Motivation : Locomotive Technology Analysis

This is an online analysis framework that calculates the fuel consumption and emissions of consists over a route, to access the impact different locomotive technologies have across a rail network system with various freight requirements. The testbed allows decision-makers to create consists with varying combinations of locomotives (diesel, battery/electric, fuel cell) and freight cars to simulate energy and greenhouse gas emissions performance over a variety of routes.

Fuel and Emissions Modelling

Energy Longitudinal Train Dynamics (ELTD) Model : Calculates the used energy and greenhouse gas emissions of a consist, based on the route gradient and curvature profile.

ELTD Settings

- Fast Analysis : Uses track speed limit as estimate of consist speed to calculate power and resulting emissions
- Full Analysis : Adds optimizer to calculate consist speed to account for acceleration and deceleration events
- Power Options : Balanced Energy or Ordered Locomotive Type
- Braking Options : Maximum Braking, Coasting, Maximum Regenerative Braking

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