A Multi-Objective Simulator for Optimal Power Dimensioning on Electric Railways using Cloud Computing

Jesus Carretero, Silvina Caino, Felix Garcia-Carballeira, Alberto Garcia

2015

Abstract

Power dimensioning and energy saving have been traditionally two main issues regarding the deployment of electric grids. Electric railways are also concerned about these issues, and simulators have been traditionally used to test such infrastructure deployments. The main goal of this paper is to present the Railway electric Power Consumption Simulator, a simulation model and tool for the railway energy provisioning problem. This simulator aims to propose electric railway infrastructure deployments, optimizing the quality of the electric flow supplied to train, as well as saving as much energy as possible. The paper describes the simulator structure, as well as the ontology used to translate railway infrastructure elements into an electric circuit. Because these two objectives are conflicting, a multi-objective optimization problem is formulated and solved. Finally, a standard railway scenario is used to illustrate the capabilities of the tool, trying to find the best electric substation placements in order to optimize such objectives. The evaluation shows how the tool can handle hundreds of simulated scenarios using Cloud Computing techniques.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Carretero J., Caino S., Garcia-Carballeira F. and Garcia A. (2015). A Multi-Objective Simulator for Optimal Power Dimensioning on Electric Railways using Cloud Computing . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH, ISBN 978-989-758-120-5, pages 428-438. DOI: 10.5220/0005573404280438

in Bibtex Style

@conference{simultech15,
author={Jesus Carretero and Silvina Caino and Felix Garcia-Carballeira and Alberto Garcia},
title={A Multi-Objective Simulator for Optimal Power Dimensioning on Electric Railways using Cloud Computing},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,},
year={2015},
pages={428-438},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005573404280438},
isbn={978-989-758-120-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,
TI - A Multi-Objective Simulator for Optimal Power Dimensioning on Electric Railways using Cloud Computing
SN - 978-989-758-120-5
AU - Carretero J.
AU - Caino S.
AU - Garcia-Carballeira F.
AU - Garcia A.
PY - 2015
SP - 428
EP - 438
DO - 10.5220/0005573404280438