Regenerative power-amount estimation device and brake plan plotting device

Abstract

A regenerative power-amount estimation device according to an embodiment includes a regenerative power-amount estimation model for each brake notch switching configured to include a transient response of an electric brake corresponding to a switching operation of a brake notch for each switching operation of the brake notch in an operation of railway vehicles. A regenerative power-amount estimation part is configured to estimate an expected amount of regenerative power acquired for a brake plan being temporal transition data of the brake notch, based on the regenerative power-amount estimation model for each brake notch switching.

1 . A regenerative power-amount estimation device comprising:
 a regenerative power-amount estimation model for each brake notch switching, the regenerative power-amount estimation model including a transient response of an electric brake corresponding to a switching operation of a brake notch for each switching operation of the brake notch in an operation of railway vehicles; and   a regenerative power-amount estimation part estimating an expected amount of regenerative power acquired for a brake plan being temporal transition data of the brake notch, based on the regenerative power-amount estimation model for each brake notch switching.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of gradient/curve information, vehicle speed, vehicle weight, weather, trolley voltage, sliding state, and vehicle connected state is set as an input to the regenerative power-amount estimation part. 
     
     
         3 . A brake plan plotting device comprising:
 a brake-plan generator generating a plurality of brake plans capable of keeping on-time performance based on time, diagram information, and position information; and   a brake-plan selector selecting a brake plan satisfying a selection condition regarding the brake plans, based on an expected amount of regenerative power estimated by the regenerative power-amount estimation part of  claim 1 .   
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein at least one of gradient/curve information, vehicle speed, vehicle weight, and weather is set as an input to the brake-plan generation part. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 3 , comprising a selection condition input part inputting the selection condition to the brake-plan selector. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein the brake-plan selector outputs a selected brake plan to a vehicle controller controlling vehicles according to the brake plan. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 6 , comprising an execution instruction input part inputting an execution instruction whether to control vehicles according to the brake plane selected by the brake-plan selector. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 3 , comprising the regenerative power-amount estimation device of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 3 , comprising the regenerative power-amount estimation device of  claim 2 . 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 4 , comprising the regenerative power-amount estimation device of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 4 , comprising the regenerative power-amount estimation device of  claim 2 . 
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 5 , comprising the regenerative power-amount estimation device of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 5 , comprising the regenerative power-amount estimation device of  claim 2 . 
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 6 , comprising the regenerative power-amount estimation device of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 6 , comprising the regenerative power-amount estimation device of  claim 2 . 
     
     
         16 . The device of  claim 7 , comprising the regenerative power-amount estimation device of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         17 . The device of  claim 7 , comprising the regenerative power-amount estimation device of  claim 2 .