1204results about "Railway vehicles" patented technology

The invention relates to the technical field of motor train unit battery pack evaluation, and provides a motor train unit battery health state evaluation and life prediction method and system, and the method comprises the steps: building a database through voltage fluctuation and temperature data in a floating charge state, and analyzing a correlation mechanism between target parameters, such as a battery capacity retention ratio and active lithium stock, and internal chemical substance loss; respectively extracting driving behavior characteristics, temperature parameters and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy by adopting second-level, minute-level and hour-level time granularity, and aligning multi-frequency data by utilizing a dynamic time warping algorithm; constructing a graph structure model taking the electrochemical parameters as nodes and cross-level association as edges, and extracting a battery aging characteristic topological relation through a graph neural network; and finally, establishing a prediction model fused with multi-dimensional features, and realizing accurate prediction of the residual life and the capacity recession inflection point of the battery. And the multi-scale characteristics are combined with an electrochemical mechanism, so that the accuracy of battery health state evaluation under a complex working condition is improved.

A train tracking system includes a train tracking module, a plurality of input sources providing train related information, and one or more interface(s) associated with the train tracking module, wherein the train tracking module is configured via computer executable instructions and through operation of a processor to receive the train related information from the plurality of input sources via the one or more interface(s), determine a position of a train within a train track map, the position of the train corresponding to a track location of the train in a track network, and wherein the train tracking module further comprises a learning algorithm, the train tracking module being configured to, utilizing the learning algorithm, determine an unexpected occupancy of the track location.

A simulation system of a railway system for a Medium-Voltage Direct Current (MVDC) distribution network includes: a computing device which stores a simulation program including a converter station model configured to simulate a converter station included in the MVDC distribution network and a train operation model configured to simulate an operation state of a train that is supplied with power from the converter station and runs; a converter controller which controls a DC / DC converter included in the converter station model; and a Hardware In the Loop Simulation (HILS) device which performs a simulation based on the converter station model, the train operation model, and the converter controller. Herein, the converter station model and the train operation model are executed in software by the HILS device, and the converter controller is connected to the HILS device and driven to control the converter station model.

The invention provides a high-speed magnetic levitation suspension system control method and system based on edge calculation and Transform prediction, and the method comprises the steps: constructing a Transform prediction model with a space-time attention mechanism and an autoregression mechanism based on obtained local low-delay calculation resources and train real-time sensing data, and deploying the Transform prediction model in a vehicle-mounted edge calculation unit; performing short-term high-precision prediction on the gap, the acceleration and the disturbance trend at a plurality of sampling moments in the future through a Transform prediction model to obtain a prediction result; processing actuator current saturation and gap safety threshold hard constraints in a limited prediction domain by using a model prediction controller, and solving an optimization control sequence in real time in combination with a prediction result; and overlapping a control barrier function as a safety filter of the model prediction controller, correcting the optimized control sequence to obtain an optimal control sequence, and controlling the high-speed magnetic suspension system. According to the method, the cloud communication delay and jitter are reduced, and the robustness and security of the system under uncertain disturbance are improved.

Disclosed is an adaptive control method and system for train operating condition identification. The method includes acquiring train operating state data under various traction conditions and calculating traction and braking performance data. An adhesion condition characteristic data set is formed, and train adhesion conditions are divided into Nz grades based on this data set, where Nz is a natural number. The current adhesion condition grade Nd is identified using the number of adhesion condition grades and current operating state data, where Nd≤Nz, establishing a mapping relationship between an adhesion coefficient and maximum deceleration for braking under the identified grade. An optimal train protection curve is generated. By clustering and grading adhesion conditions through a clustering algorithm, the method achieves more accurate adhesion condition analysis. Adaptively generating optimal train protection curves based on adhesion condition grades enhances the reliability and safety of train operations.

A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.

A power conversion device includes a first electronic component group including a plurality of electronic components and a second electronic component group including a plurality of electronic components each having a shorter maintenance cycle than each of the plurality of electronic components included in the first electronic component group. The first electronic component group and the second electronic component group are accommodated in a housing. At least one of the plurality of electronic components included in the second electronic component group is located adjacent to an opening in the housing.

An automatic charging device is particularly suitable for automatically charging a heavy rail tractor, including a box body; a robotic arm, the robotic arm including a fixed arm and a retractable arm, the fixed arm is fitted in the box body, a driving screw assembly is fitted between the fixed arm and the retractable arm, and the retractable arm can be driven by the driving screw assembly to extend and retract relative to the fixed arm; a flexible unit; and a charging part, wherein the charging part is fitted to a retractable end of the retractable arm by means of the flexible unit, the charging part may be driven by the retractable arm to extend from the box body to implement charging, and after the charging is completed, the charging part may retract into the box body.

The on-board electrical system according to the invention for a rail vehicle comprises at least a first busbar, a second busbar, and a battery busbar, with auxiliary equipment and / or consumers connected to each of the busbars, at least two on-board power converters, at least two on-board power supply batteries connected to each on-board power converter, and a control unit for controlling at least the on-board power converters. Characteristically, all on-board power converters are identical in their electrical design and each comprises at least one input-side first converter with galvanic isolation, a potential-free DC link, an output-side second converter, and a bidirectional battery charger with galvanic isolation.Furthermore, the control device is designed to connect at least one of the on-board power converters to the first busbar and to control its second converter, to convert a DC voltage of the DC intermediate circuit into a first three-phase AC voltage for the first busbar, and to connect at least one second of the on-board power converters to the second busbar and to control its second converter, to convert the DC voltage into a second three-phase AC voltage for the second busbar.

A wheel includes a boss, a rim, and a web. The rim includes a tread and a flange. A center of the rim in the axial direction of the wheel is disposed closer to the flange in the axial direction than a center of the boss in the axial direction is. The web has a plate-thickness center line that has a linear shape when the wheel is viewed in its longitudinal section. When an angle that the plate-thickness center line forms with the axial direction is denoted by a, a distance in the axial direction from a side face of the rim to an outer end of the plate-thickness center line is denoted by Pw, a length of the rim in the axial direction is denoted by Wr, and Pw / Wr is denoted by L, the wheel satisfies the expression L≥0.0223α−1.363. Where, the angle α is 90° or less.

The invention discloses a train driving control method and related equipment, and relates to the technical field of rail transit, the method comprises the steps that multi-source sensing data of a target train in a running state is acquired, and the multi-source sensing data comprises a speed characteristic parameter, a space positioning parameter and an environment disturbance parameter; performing dynamic feature extraction on the multi-source sensing data to obtain time-space correlation feature parameters; inputting the time-space correlation characteristic parameters into a preset data fusion model, and performing dynamic compensation through adaptive weight adjustment to obtain accurate train speed information and accurate position information; and performing driving control on the target train according to the accurate train speed information and the accurate position information. According to the invention, through multi-source information fusion and high-precision speed positioning extraction, the sensing accuracy and active adjustment capability of the train control system can be improved.

The invention relates to a hybrid energy storage control method for an urban rail transit energy router. The method comprises the following steps: S1, carrying out topological structure design and system compatibility configuration on the energy router; s2, impedance modeling and frequency division power distribution of the hybrid energy storage system are carried out; s3, fuzzy controller design and super capacitor SOC dynamic management are carried out; s4, carrying out membership function optimization and fuzzy control parameter setting; s5, multi-mode cooperative control and system operation optimization are carried out; according to the structure of the energy router and the power utilization characteristics of the rail transit system, working modes are divided, the working state of the system is optimized, and the system is kept in a reasonable working state. The method can effectively improve the utilization rate of energy and prolong the service life of the system.

A method and system controller includes determining a power requirement for a vehicle system to complete a planned trip over a route. The method includes determining whether an amount of available power from the vehicle system is sufficient to propel the vehicle system to complete the planned trip by comparing the available power with the power requirement that is determined. The method includes changing one or more operational aspects of the planned trip based on the comparison between the amount of available power and the power requirement that is determined to generate a newly planned modified trip.

The present invention discloses a movable visual inspection device for shield machines, comprising a rail and an inspection platform. The rail is installed on a shield tail, and the inspection platform includes a bottom plate, a shell, a cleaning mechanism, a power storage control system, and a traveling mechanism. Inside the shell is a visual inspection mechanism with a camera box, a camera, and a stabilizer component. The traveling mechanism drives the bottom plate along the rail. The cleaning mechanism, consisting of a glass sheet, a reel driving part, and a cleaning film, keeps the camera lens clear. The reel driving part rotates the cleaning film, which slides against the glass sheet on the camera box. This invention enables multi-faceted and multi-angle visual inspection of shield machine segments, ensures a clear camera lens, facilitates automatic cleaning and inspection position adjustment, and enhances working efficiency and inspection effectiveness.

A method for generating an auxiliary troubleshooting strategy for communication faults of a locomotive power battery system. The method comprises: acquiring a communication fault troubleshooting record of a locomotive power battery system; extracting fault causes at various levels for each type of communication faults, and establishing a fault tree; when there is a specific alarm communication fault, determining the time type and duration of the communication fault, and intercepting a fault subtree of the alarm communication fault; qualitatively analyzing the fault subtree to obtain a minimum cut set; quantitatively analyzing the fault subtree to obtain critical importance degrees of bottom events, and ranking same in a descending order; correcting the ranking of the importance degrees of the bottom events, so as to form a bottom event importance degree ranking table; and successively performing troubleshooting on the basis of the bottom event importance degree ranking table. Auxiliary troubleshooting strategies for communication faults are provided accurately, which improves the efficiency and accuracy of troubleshooting communication faults by maintenance staff, and helps to take corresponding maintenance measures, thus improving the utilization rate of new energy locomotives, and reducing downtime costs.

An apparatus for controlling driving of a transport vehicle in a goods transport system includes a processing unit providing information on a movement path of the transport vehicle, a motion controller generating a drive signal including front- and rear-wheel torque signals for driving front and rear wheels, respectively, of the transport vehicle, a front-wheel torque controller controlling rotation torque of the front wheel on the basis of the front-wheel torque signal, and a rear-wheel torque controller controlling rotation torque of the rear wheel on the basis of the rear-wheel torque signal. The motion controller includes a position controller generating a positional signal determining a position of the transport vehicle, a speed controller generating a speed signal determining a speed of the transport vehicle, and a torque distributor generating the front- and rear-wheel torque signals.

The invention discloses a multi-vehicle cooperative intelligent marshalling speed regulation method for railway transportation of power batteries. The method comprises the following steps: establishing state characteristics of each transportation truck, and constructing a position sensitive damage cost function for evaluating the risk cost of each truck at different marshalling positions according to the state characteristics; in the railway vehicle transportation process, an event-driven time pane dynamic optimization method is adopted, a vehicle marshalling and train speed control curve is dynamically updated according to state parameters collected in real time, and in the optimization process, a variable damping distribution strategy of a coupler and a cooperative vehicle speed curve generation algorithm are adopted, so that the train speed control curve is dynamically updated. Meanwhile, time dispersion is carried out on coupling impact events through an impact time peak shifting strategy; and when the comprehensive risk index of any transport truck exceeds a preset threshold value, an emergency re-marshalling strategy based on the energy absorption remaining amount of the battery packaging unit and the coupler health degree is executed. The method can comprehensively consider the thermal characteristics of the power lithium battery, the dynamic response of the vehicle and the risk evolution.

The invention relates to a pantograph (1) for a rail vehicle, the pantograph comprising a structure and an articulated frame (5) mechanically connected to the structure, and a head mechanically connected to the articulated frame, wherein the pantograph is characterised in that it comprises a safety device (36) and an actuator (30) configured to act on the articulated frame via the safety device, and wherein the safety device is configured to selectively: - mechanically couple the actuator to the articulated frame, whereby the articulated frame can be moved, by the actuator, between a raised position in which the head is in contact with a catenary and a lowered position in which the head is brought closer to the structure; and - mechanically uncouple the actuator from the articulated frame, whereby the articulated frame moves into the lowered position, under its own weight, independently of the action of the actuator.

A power bank is provided for charging a load handing device, the power bank including: an auxiliary rechargeable power source; and at least one power transfer device electrically coupled to the auxiliary rechargeable power source; wherein the at least one power transfer device is configured to electrically couple to a load handling device so as to transfer electrical power from the auxiliary rechargeable power source to the load handing device.Buchanan

The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for implementing power a power split between a first and a second power source in a fuel cell powertrain system. The method includes receiving an input into a processor of the fuel cell powertrain system, determining an output by the processor, communicating the output by the processor to a system controller and determining a power split by the system controller. The first power source includes a fuel cell system and the second power source is selected from a battery system or an engine, and the input includes a life or health of at least one of the first power source or the second power source.

A pin for a pinned joint includes a hollow body with a first and second end caps coupled to first and second ends, respectively. The body and the end caps at least partially define a cavity within the body, wherein at least one aperture extends through the hollow body. A main piston is slidably disposed within the cavity and divides the cavity into a first chamber proximate to the first end and a second chamber proximate to the second end and fluidly isolated from an environment around the body. A lubricant is disposed within the first chamber. The main piston moves toward the first end of the body when a pressure in the second chamber is greater than a pressure of the environment. Movement of the main piston toward the first end of the body discharges lubricant through the at least one aperture.

The invention discloses a multi-motor dynamic synchronous regulation and control method based on virtual line shaft state feedback, and the method comprises the steps: constructing a multi-motor virtual line shaft control model, setting an expected traction torque value through the output of a virtual main shaft, and setting each physical motor as a following motor; according to the collected state data of each motor, performing joint probability modeling on the state and disturbance of each motor by adopting a preset modeling method, and generating an estimated mean value and a covariance of each motor state; designing a nonsingular terminal sliding mode surface and calculating a control signal; setting a soft saturation buffer area range, constructing a soft switching function, carrying out buffer correction on the control signal, and outputting a corrected control signal; and synchronous control of multi-motor traction output is realized according to the correction control signal. According to the multi-motor dynamic synchronous regulation and control method, the synchronous stability, the anti-interference capability and the output smoothness in a complex dynamic environment can be improved.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to sustainable movement planning for electromagnetic transport systems. In order to provide a method for continuously operating an electromagnetic transport system (1) for moving at least one mover (3), a first maximum (amax1, vmax1) of a first trajectory (t1) of at least one amount of movement (x, v, a) of the mover (3) is determined, and a second maximum (amax2, vmax2) of a second trajectory (t2) of the at least one amount of movement (x, v, a) of the mover (3) is determined. If the first maximum value (amax1, vmax1) is less than or equal to the second maximum value (amax2, vmax2), the first trajectory (t1) is selected as a target trajectory (t *), and if the second maximum value (amax2, vmax2) is less than the first maximum value (amax1, vmax1), the second trajectory (t2) is selected as the target trajectory (t *), and then the mover (3) is moved according to the target trajectory (t *).

Systems and methods for controlling battery electric locomotives are disclosed. The method for controlling battery electric locomotives includes receiving, via one or more processors, a first set of data associated with the battery electric locomotives of a consist in a train, wherein the first set of data includes battery system data. The method includes processing, via one or more processors, the first set of data to determine the operating conditions of the battery electric locomotives. The method includes causing, via one or more processors, an update to the in-memory representation of the battery electric locomotives in a database to set the battery electric locomotives to a run-state mode or a dynamic braking mode. The method includes generating, via one or more processors, one or more commands for operating the battery electric locomotives of the train based on the updated in-memory representation.

The invention relates to a novel auxiliary storage battery traction control strategy which comprises the following steps: 1) judging a traction condition for starting an auxiliary storage battery, and judging whether to start the auxiliary storage battery for traction according to train state information; and 2) judging the traction direction of the auxiliary storage battery, calculating and determining a direction selection point according to the preset bidirectional traction of the storage battery to minimize the energy consumption of the storage battery, running the running direction selection point of the train, and judging the traction running direction of the storage battery by the TCMS according to a certain condition. And (3) finally, auxiliary storage battery traction is executed, and when the distance between the train and the target rescue point is smaller than the preset distance, train braking is applied to enable the train to stop at the target rescue point. According to the invention, by constructing a perfect control strategy, accurate control of the traction process of the storage battery is realized, the operation efficiency is improved, and the operation safety of the train is greatly guaranteed.

A vehicle drive device including a case, a rotary electric machine provided in the case and including power lines 1U, 1V, and 1W electrically connected to a power supply via a power converter (inverter IV), bus bars 7U, 7V, and 7W extending inside the case and joined to the power lines, a hydraulic pump (electric hydraulic pump 72), and an oil passage including ejection holes through which oil discharged from the hydraulic pump is ejected toward at least one of the power lines and the bus bars.

A power storage module which includes a plurality of batteries connected in series and is capable of controlling operation of a heater on the basis of a battery with the lowest battery temperature is provided. The power storage module includes a first battery and a second battery connected in series, the heater, and a control circuit; the heater is provided close to the first battery and the second battery and is electrically connected to an IC included in the control circuit; the control circuit includes a first voltage sensor that senses a voltage of the first battery, a second voltage sensor that senses a voltage of the second battery, and a current sensor that senses a current flowing through the first battery and the second battery; and in charging the first battery and the second battery, the heater is turned on by a signal from the IC in the case where a differential voltage between a first peak voltage of dQ / dV calculated from a detection value of each of the first voltage sensor and the current sensor and a second peak voltage of dQ / dV calculated from a detection value of each of the second voltage sensor and the current sensor is higher than or equal to 5 mV.

A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.

Various embodiments and approaches are described to minimize degradation of respective modules combined to form a battery pack onboard an electric vehicle (EV). Systems and components are presented to determine a respective operational state of the modules, and based thereon, a first subset of modules can be selected to provision power to various EV components while a second subset of modules can be deselected. Module selection can be based upon a threshold operating condition. A visual representation of the modules and their respective operational state can be presented, in conjunction with one or more alarms and recommended corrective operations. Artificial intelligence methods can be utilized to determine an operational state of a module(s). A module can be scheduled for replacement. Limiting degradation to a first module can minimize degradation of a second module. The various components can be stored in a memory and executed by a processor.