Challenge A: A more and more energy efficient railway Substation ...
Challenge A: A more and more energy efficient railway Substation ...
Challenge A: A more and more energy efficient railway Substation ...
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<strong>Challenge</strong> A: A <strong>more</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>more</strong> <strong>energy</strong> <strong>efficient</strong> <strong>railway</strong><br />
Energetic efficiency focus on technical solutions for <strong>efficient</strong> use less <strong>energy</strong> possible for the same<br />
service rendered. The current approach linked to the general design of a substation, goes towards<br />
a st<strong>and</strong>ardization, which aim consists of apply <strong>and</strong> install equipment <strong>and</strong> render the systems<br />
uniform on the <strong>railway</strong> network. The need of <strong>energy</strong> efficiency is ideal for the evolution of<br />
st<strong>and</strong>ardization procedure through the approach of control of <strong>energy</strong>. Up to day, changing<br />
technologies specially <strong>energy</strong> management of building, (heat insulation, lightings, heating) <strong>and</strong> the<br />
control of electric devices, prove that the new developed systems in industry, take into<br />
consideration these notions <strong>and</strong> they likely to interfere in the changing of installed equipment.<br />
Two sources of <strong>energy</strong> improvement have been noticed:<br />
- la building <strong>energy</strong> management, by :<br />
• Better heat insulation of building due to the respect of thermal Rule RT2005 (a<br />
study shows <strong>energy</strong> gain is estimated for about 4000KWH/year).<br />
• Indoor lighting management by setting up of multiplier detector presence with builtin<br />
light meter <strong>and</strong> outdoor lighting by setting up of LED projectors (<strong>energy</strong> gain is<br />
estimated for about 60% comparing to actual lighting.<br />
• HVAC control in two approaches air heating <strong>and</strong> geothermal<br />
- Electrical switch st<strong>and</strong> by :<br />
• Innovation solution allowing to feed the electric comm<strong>and</strong><br />
independently by photovoltaic cell i.e. zero consumption<br />
• Full electrical relay<br />
Availability of sources of renewable <strong>energy</strong> production <strong>and</strong> storage associated<br />
The aim is to replace the fossil <strong>energy</strong> by renewable <strong>energy</strong>. Two solutions might be easily<br />
workable on an isolated site in a substation: Solar <strong>energy</strong> <strong>and</strong> wind power.<br />
Concerning storage device, RAGONE diagram has permitted to compare the energetic<br />
performances of each technology. RAGONE diagram is the device commonly admitted; on<br />
logarithmic scale, it places as specific power (in w/kg) according to the specific <strong>energy</strong> of storage<br />
device (in wh/kg). The outcome of the possible use of three workable solutions is complementary<br />
further to use in electrical substation, batteries, ultra capacitors <strong>and</strong> flywheel inertia.