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Braking Energy Recovery in High Speed Trains: An Innovative Model

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Advances in Italian Mechanism Science

Part of the book series: Mechanisms and Machine Science ((Mechan. Machine Science,volume 47))

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Modern railway development trend is pushing towards a strong enhancement of the energy efficiency of lines and vehicles, with particular attention to braking energy recovery. In this research work the authors have developed an innovative and numerically efficient vehicle-line coupled model, using the object oriented Simscape language: the model has been validated considering a set of experimental measurements concerning the Italian High Speed train ETR 1000 and has then be used to analyze the feasibility of the application of energy storage systems in high speed application. This analysis has shown that the use of stationary energy storage devices can provide significant energy savings even in high speed applications.

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Amedeo Frilli, Enrico Meli, Daniele Nocciolini, Simone Panconi, Luca Pugi & Andrea Rindi

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Correspondence to Luca Pugi .

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  1. Department of Management and Engineering, Università degli Studi di Padova, Vicenza, Italy

    Giovanni Boschetti

  2. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica, Gestionale e Meccanica, Università degli Studi di Udine, Udine, Italy

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Frilli, A., Meli, E., Nocciolini, D., Panconi, S., Pugi, L., Rindi, A. (2017). Braking Energy Recovery in High Speed Trains: An Innovative Model. In: Boschetti, G., Gasparetto, A. (eds) Advances in Italian Mechanism Science. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 47. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48375-7_35

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