An Extended Library of Models of Railway Vehicles for Fast Simulation and Optimization of Regenerative Braking and Energy Management

As a part of the Tesys Rail Project authors have developed a parametric and computationally affordable model of a railway DC line in order to analyze the complex energetic interactions arising between different travelling vehicles. In order to fully exploit the features of the proposed approach and its capability to investigate complex operating scenarios, the authors have further developed the model by including a wider variety of on-board functionalities and a more extended list of simulated vehicles. In this research work, the authors expose some improvements of a previously developed High Speed train model (based on the ETR 1000) and the development of additional models of older Italian High Speed Trains, such as the ETR 500, which are still in service on Italian High Speed lines.