Smooth Braking of Train Using Adaptive Control Algorithms on Embedded Devices

Riga Technical University 53rd International Scientific Conference: Dedicated to the 150th Anniversary and the 1st Congress of World Engineers and Riga Polytechnical Institute / RTU Alumni: Digest 2012
Andrejs Potapovs, Andrejs Mors-Jaroslavcevs, Anatolijs Ļevčenkovs, Mihails Gorobecs

In this paper the authors describe a possibility to use adaptive control algorithms for a train braking system. The following assumptions were put forward: a programmable logic controller (PLC) or microcontroller with a control program based on an adaptive control algorithm and a current train braking control system ensures an automatic smooth and precise braking of a train; and another controller with a smaller footprint connected to the same train braking system ensures an automatic stopping of the train before the red light. Some of the available adaptive search algorithms are discussed and the one which is the most suitable and the most effective of them for this task is selected. The authors designed the control program for a PLC and other controller and carried out the first testing of the developed system. In the conclusion of the article there is an analysis of the results and an evaluation of the selected control algorithms effectiveness.

Keywords
railway transport, adaptive control algorithms, embedded devices
Hyperlink
http://scientific-conference2012.rtu.lv/sites/default/files/RTU_Conference_2012.pdf

Potapovs, A., Mors-Jaroslavcevs, A., Ļevčenkovs, A., Gorobecs, M. Smooth Braking of Train Using Adaptive Control Algorithms on Embedded Devices. In: Riga Technical University 53rd International Scientific Conference: Dedicated to the 150th Anniversary and the 1st Congress of World Engineers and Riga Polytechnical Institute / RTU Alumni: Digest, Latvia, Riga, 10-12 October, 2012. Riga: RTU, 2012, pp.135-135. ISBN 978-9934-10-360-5.

Publication language
English (en)