Energy-Efficient Speed Profile Optimization and Sliding Mode Speed Tracking for Metros

Xiaowen Wang, Zhuang Xiao, Mo Chen, Pengfei Sun, Qingyuan Wang and Xiaoyun Feng
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Xiaowen Wang: School of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
Zhuang Xiao: School of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
Mo Chen: School of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
Pengfei Sun: School of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
Qingyuan Wang: School of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
Xiaoyun Feng: School of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 22, 1-29

Abstract: Nowadays, most metro vehicles are equipped with an automatic train operation (ATO) system, and the speed control method, combining cruise speed planning and proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control, is widely used. The automation is achieved, and the energy-efficient can be improved. This paper presents an improved artificial bee colony algorithm for speed profile optimization with coast mode and an adaptive terminal sliding mode method for speed tracking. Specifically, a multi-objective optimization model is established, which considers energy consumption, comfortableness, and punctuality. Then, a novel artificial bee colony algorithm named regional reinforcement artificial bee colony (RR-ABC) is designed, to search the optimal speed profile with coast mode, in which some improvements are made to speed up convergence and to avoid local optimal solutions. For speed-tracking control, the adaptive terminal sliding mode controller (ATSMC) is used to improve the speed error, robustness, and energy saving. In addition, a disturbance observer (DOB) is designed to improve the anti-interference ability of the system and further improve the robustness and anti-disturbance, which are also conducive to speed error and energy saving. Finally, the line and train data of the Qingdao Metro Line 6 are used for simulation, which proves the effectiveness of the study. Specific to the energy saving rate, and compared with normal algorithms, RR-ABC with coast mode is approximately 9.55%, and ATSMC+DOB is 7.58%.

Keywords: speed profile optimization; regional reinforcement artificial bee colony (ABC); speed tracking control; adaptive terminal sliding mode control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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