Print Email Facebook Twitter Introduction to Energy-Efficient Train Operation Title Introduction to Energy-Efficient Train Operation Author Tian, Zhongbei (University of Birmingham) Liu, Xiao (University of Liverpool) Su, Shuai (Beijing Jiaotong University) Goverde, R.M.P. (TU Delft Transport and Planning) Contributor Su, Shuai (editor) Tian, Zhongbei (editor) Goverde, Rob M. P. (editor) Date 2023 Abstract Railway, as one of the most energy-efficient transport, plays an essential role in improving the world’s energy and environmental sustainability. Statistics about rail share of transport activities and the corresponding energy consumption will demonstrate the energy efficiency of railway and indicate the potential of developing railway transport. Therefore, this chapter will provide an overview of the railway's energy consumption and traffic volume shares. Statistics presented in this chapter show that railway energy consumption decreased in these decades while its transport volume kept stable, and the traffic volume share of the railway is extremely large in urban transport. To achieve the goal of carbon neutralization, the European Union and many countries have conducted research projects on railway energy conservation. The technologies developed in these projects include energy-efficient train driving, integrated timetabling, using regenerative braking energy, etc. A summary of these technologies is also given, along with their potential energy savings, which range from 1 to 25%. This book will analyse and illustrate the whole systems processes of train operation with optimisation solutions. The structure of the following chapters will be presented at the end. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:95b54001-d99c-4bf2-9ba2-495bd8ca020a DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34656-9_1 Publisher Springer Embargo date 2024-01-04 ISBN 978-3-031-34658-3 Source Energy-Efficient Train Operation: A System Approach for Railway Networks Series Lecture Notes in Mobility, 2196-5544, Part F814 Bibliographical note Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type book chapter Rights © 2023 Zhongbei Tian, Xiao Liu, Shuai Su, R.M.P. Goverde Files PDF 978_3_031_34656_9_1.pdf 924.91 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:95b54001-d99c-4bf2-9ba2-495bd8ca020a/datastream/OBJ/view