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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND POWERING A VEHICLE

  • US 20120316717A1
  • Filed: 06/01/2012
  • Published: 12/13/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A control system comprising:

  • a controller configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle that includes one or more motors that propel the vehicle along a route during a trip and an onboard energy storage device for storing at least some of the electric energy used to power the one or more motors, the controller configured to control operations of the one or more motors according to a trip plan that designates operational settings of the one or more motors during the trip; and

    an energy management system configured to;

    calculate estimated electric loads of powering the one or more motors over one or more segments of the trip according to the designated operational settings of the trip plan;

    determine a demanded amount of electric energy for powering the vehicle based on one or more of the estimated electric loads, the demanded amount of electric energy based on a stored amount of electric energy in the onboard energy storage device; and

    communicate the demanded amount of electric energy to one or more of plural wayside stations disposed along the route so that the wayside stations have sufficient electric energy to charge the onboard energy storage device with the electric energy to meet the one or more of the estimated electric loads.

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