Tool for management of energy consumption of electrified rail transport

[LARES, University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing]

Research group Laboratory for Renewable Energy Systems (LARES) on University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (UNIZG-FER) performs R&D in the area of rail vehicles energy management with included energy-efficient travel planning (train traction force profile planning) within the given constraints of the route and management of on-board / supply station energy storages for the most favourable economical result of railway traffic operation.
These features can prove very useful in the smart city context and in the context of optimal renewable energy exploitation where signals of energy price and availability can be optimally exploited within the railway traffic system while this makes it also energy-wise a responsive element of the smart city. Furthermore, such management tool can be exploited for enhanced planning of railway timetables with clear energy consumption insight of different options considered.
LARES has finished or performs several EU and national funded projects related to implementation and testing of the energy management schemes from the level of heating/cooling consumption control in individual buildings to the level of coordination of electricity and water distribution systems within a smart city framework (ENHEMS-Buildings and FER-KIET funded by ERDF, UrbanWater and DYMASOS funded through FP7, 3CON funded through Croatian National Science Foundation). The 3CON project involves within its Industrial advisory board all relevant stakeholders for railway traffic in Croatia (railway infrastructures, passenger and freight transport, rail vehicles production, state’s ministry for traffic) and deals also with development of optimal control methods for interconnection of energy-efficient traction force control with energy management on the traction supply substation level considering different storages available. Furthermore, ERDF funded FER-KIET project deals with energy management regarding coordination of different storages on the level of a power substation of a city tram transport network.
We are also the leading organization in the Energy Platform Living Lab for South-Eastern Europe and can enable a transnational outreach through it on-board.
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Assoc. Prof. Mario Vasak, Ph.D.E.E., Laboratory for Renewable Energy Systems,
Department of Control and Computer Engineering,
University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
Unska 3, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
tel.: +385-1-6129-821
fax: +385-1-6129-809
mario.vasak@fer.hr
http://act.rasip.fer.hr
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[Mario Vasak]

Dear all,

the published expertise offer is still valid for the current MED call (the called specific objective 2.3), and we can act as partners.

For more details on the expertise of the Laboratory, please see http://www.lares.fer.hr/

Best regards,
Mario Vasak.
mario.vasak@fer.hr

[Gloria Carella]

My name is Gloria Carella and I work at the TRAIN consortium located in Basilicata, Italy.
We are very interested in participating with you in this project.

Below is a brief description of the TRAIN consortium:

The consortium is a private research organization, public majority, non-profit organization.

The consortium consists of:
• public partners:

– Enea (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development);
– Salerno University (Department of Industrial Engineering);

• and private partners:

 Ansaldo STS S.p.A. (the company operates worldwide as lead contractor, system integrator and supplier “turnkey” of the most important projects of mass transportation in metro and urban railways);
 Hitachi Rail Italy S.p.A. (the company is specialized in the manufacture of technologically advanced rolling stock);
 D’Appolonia S.p.A. (the company operates in the markets of Energy, Transport and Infrastructures, Industry and Investor Support.);
 ETT (Electronic Technology Team);
 Terex Operations Italy S.r.l. (the company offers solutions for handling and lifting of materials);
 Mer Mec S.p.A. (the company has 60 different types of measuring and inspection systems – all seamlessly integrated and perfectly interoperable to allow automatic assessment of infrastructure and rolling-stock);
 Ferraioli & C S.r.l. (precision engineering workshops);

The TRAIN Consortium aims to develop and transfer to the industry, through a process of research and development, technologies and innovative systems in the field of transport, logistics, energy and ICT.
TRAIN operates not-for-profit, mostly using the expertise provided by the Consortium Members and using national and regional community co-financing.
It implements, in partnership with public and private stakeholders, both in National and European scope, projects that require the direct involvement of end users in order to ensure the socio-economic validity of the applications of the results obtained.
More information about projects implemented on:
http://www.consorziotrain.org/

I look forward to your response.
Best Regards

Gloria Carella

[Mario Vasak]

Dear Mrs Carella,

thank you for the info, this is an interesting and strong consortium. My offer above is partner expertise offer, we are not acting as coordinators. If you believe our expertise is suitable and you have a project in mind, we’re open to be partners if you see our expertise required.

Best regards,
Mario.

[Maria Tsarmpopoulou]

Dear all,

Please find enclosed a short description of the department, I am working at, since we are very much interested in participating in your consortium.
The Environment and Transport department, belongs to the division of Energy Efficiency, in Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Saving (CRES) and has a lot of experience in policies, strategies, diffusion and promotion of knowledge of renewable energy and biofuels, spatial planning of installations, environmental impact assessment, promotion of RES/ES/RUE projects via the reduction & minimization of their environmental impacts, improvement of energy efficiency, biofuels in transportation, practices for improving driving behavior (eco-driving), energy-efficiency and traffic safety among drivers of passenger cars, development & dissemination of appropriate & sustainable energy policies at a regional & national level, pollutants emissions from fuels. The Department of Environment and Transport of CRES is member in EnR Working Group in Transport. Some of the projects the environment and transport department has participated are: ECLAB – Ecodriving-Labelling-Benchmarking. Three instruments for efficient vehicle use (SAVE), EDICT – Evaluation and Demonstration of innovative City Transport (5th FP), TREATISE -Training Programme for local energy agencies and actors in transport and sustainable energy actions (EIE), STAR BUS – Promoting sustainable energetic pathways for buses’ fleets (EIE), STAR BUS – Promoting sustainable energetic pathways for buses’ fleets (EIE), ECODRIVEN- European Campaign On improving driving behaviour, energy-efficiency and traffic safety (EIE), INTERACTION- Energy efficiency equals cost efficiency: engaging sectoral organisations as champions and messengers to reduce energy use in freight transport’(EIE), TRAINER- Training programmes to increase energy-efficiency by railways (EIE), FLEAT: Fleet Environmental Action and Assessment (EIE), Momo Car-Sharing: More options for energy efficient mobility through Car-Sharing (EIE), ECOWILL-Ecodriving-Widespread Implementation for Learner and Licensed Drivers (EIE), ENERQI-Energy efficiency by using daily customers Quality observations to Improve public transport – ENERQI (EIE).
Recently we submitted a proposal which main topic was the regenerative energy from braking of trains, which is under the evaluation process.

Thank you in advance,
Maria Tsarmpopoulou
MSc Electrical Engineer
Environment and Transport Department
Division of Energy Efficiency
Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving- C.R.E.S
19th Km Marathonos Ave., GR -190 09 Pikermi
Tel.: +302106603253
Fax.: +302106603301
email: mtsarmpo@cres.gr
http://www.cres.gr

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