Energy-Saving Metro Train Timetable Optimization Method Based on a Dynamic Passenger Flow Distribution
The operation of metro trains with a focus on energy savings can effectively reduce operating costs and carbon emissions. Reducing traction energy consumption and increasing the utilization efficiency of regenerative braking energy are two important energy-saving approaches that are closely related...
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| description | The operation of metro trains with a focus on energy savings can effectively reduce operating costs and carbon emissions. Reducing traction energy consumption and increasing the utilization efficiency of regenerative braking energy are two important energy-saving approaches that are closely related to the metro train interstation running strategy and timetable. Changes in train mass caused by dynamic changes in passenger flow represent one of the important factors affecting the energy consumption and energy-saving operation of metro trains. In this study, the differences in the temporal and spatial distributions of metro line passenger flow were specifically considered, and an energy-saving metro train timetable optimization method focused on the dissipative regenerative braking energy utilization mode was studied. First, a logistic function is used to fit the passenger flow pattern of the origin-destination (OD) station pairs, and the number of passengers getting on and off at each station is derived by establishing the OD dynamic demand matrix for the entire metro line. Then, the passenger load in each station segment is calculated. Next, a timetable optimization model is established to minimize the net energy consumption based on the load difference between station segments and the train motion equation. The interstation running time and dwell time of the metro train are optimized to increase the amount of regenerative braking energy used during the overlap time between the traction and braking actions of adjacent trains in the train operation timetable. A particle swarm optimization and genetic algorithm (PSO-GA) structure is designed to solve the model. The PSO-GA structure has PSO as the main body and integrates the chromosome crossover and mutation operations of the GA into the iterative process to improve the search efficiency of the algorithm. Finally, the proposed method and model are tested based on the actual data of a metro line in Qingdao, China. The goodness of fit of the passenger flow pattern is 0.997. The energy consumption during the study period is reduced by 5169.67 kW h using the optimized timetable. The energy-saving efficiency decreases by 12.18% at a constant OD ratio during the entire travel time and by 20.23% at the same constant load for all station segments. The results of the case analysis prove the effectiveness of the proposed method and model. In addition, the energy-saving timetable can be better optimized by considering the differences in temporal and spatial distributions of dynamic passenger flow. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5985940805a14a7aa8f426d593aa30142025-02-03T06:08:40ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation2042-31952022-01-01202210.1155/2022/9776845Energy-Saving Metro Train Timetable Optimization Method Based on a Dynamic Passenger Flow DistributionJingshuang Li0Fuquan Pan1Hailiang Tang2Sen Tong3Lixia Zhang4Xinguang Li5Xiaoxia Yang6School of Mechanical and Automotive EngineeringSchool of Mechanical and Automotive EngineeringQingdao Metro Group Co, LtdQingdao Metro Group Co, LtdSchool of Mechanical and Automotive EngineeringSchool of Mechanical and Automotive EngineeringSchool of Mechanical and Automotive EngineeringThe operation of metro trains with a focus on energy savings can effectively reduce operating costs and carbon emissions. Reducing traction energy consumption and increasing the utilization efficiency of regenerative braking energy are two important energy-saving approaches that are closely related to the metro train interstation running strategy and timetable. Changes in train mass caused by dynamic changes in passenger flow represent one of the important factors affecting the energy consumption and energy-saving operation of metro trains. In this study, the differences in the temporal and spatial distributions of metro line passenger flow were specifically considered, and an energy-saving metro train timetable optimization method focused on the dissipative regenerative braking energy utilization mode was studied. First, a logistic function is used to fit the passenger flow pattern of the origin-destination (OD) station pairs, and the number of passengers getting on and off at each station is derived by establishing the OD dynamic demand matrix for the entire metro line. Then, the passenger load in each station segment is calculated. Next, a timetable optimization model is established to minimize the net energy consumption based on the load difference between station segments and the train motion equation. The interstation running time and dwell time of the metro train are optimized to increase the amount of regenerative braking energy used during the overlap time between the traction and braking actions of adjacent trains in the train operation timetable. A particle swarm optimization and genetic algorithm (PSO-GA) structure is designed to solve the model. The PSO-GA structure has PSO as the main body and integrates the chromosome crossover and mutation operations of the GA into the iterative process to improve the search efficiency of the algorithm. Finally, the proposed method and model are tested based on the actual data of a metro line in Qingdao, China. The goodness of fit of the passenger flow pattern is 0.997. The energy consumption during the study period is reduced by 5169.67 kW h using the optimized timetable. The energy-saving efficiency decreases by 12.18% at a constant OD ratio during the entire travel time and by 20.23% at the same constant load for all station segments. The results of the case analysis prove the effectiveness of the proposed method and model. In addition, the energy-saving timetable can be better optimized by considering the differences in temporal and spatial distributions of dynamic passenger flow.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/9776845 |
| spellingShingle | Jingshuang Li Fuquan Pan Hailiang Tang Sen Tong Lixia Zhang Xinguang Li Xiaoxia Yang Energy-Saving Metro Train Timetable Optimization Method Based on a Dynamic Passenger Flow Distribution Journal of Advanced Transportation |
| title | Energy-Saving Metro Train Timetable Optimization Method Based on a Dynamic Passenger Flow Distribution |
| title_full | Energy-Saving Metro Train Timetable Optimization Method Based on a Dynamic Passenger Flow Distribution |
| title_fullStr | Energy-Saving Metro Train Timetable Optimization Method Based on a Dynamic Passenger Flow Distribution |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy-Saving Metro Train Timetable Optimization Method Based on a Dynamic Passenger Flow Distribution |
| title_short | Energy-Saving Metro Train Timetable Optimization Method Based on a Dynamic Passenger Flow Distribution |
| title_sort | energy saving metro train timetable optimization method based on a dynamic passenger flow distribution |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/9776845 |
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