Liao, Yanli (Beijing Jiaotong University), Liu, Qiusheng (Shenzhen Municipal Design and Research Institute Co. Ltd.), Liu, Hongjie (Beijing Jiaotong University), Lv, Jidong (Beijing Jiaotong University), Zhang, Yong (Beijing Jiaotong University), Wei, Guodong (Beijing Jiaotong University), Luo, Xiaolin (Beijing Jiaotong University)

Synchronization Control of Virtually Coupled Train Set in Dynamic Coupling: A Cooperative Consensus Approach

Scheduled for presentation during the Invited Session "Control, Communication and Emerging Technologies in Smart Rail Systems I" (WeAT7), Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 12:10−12:30, Salon 15

2024 IEEE 27th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), September 24- 27, 2024, Edmonton, Canada

This information is tentative and subject to change. Compiled on October 8, 2024

Abstract

Virtual coupling (VC) is an emerging technology to increase the flexibility and efficiency of railway services. To achieve the synchronization arrival of virtually coupled train set (VCTS) in dynamic coupling as in coupled running, we need reference trajectories. Due to the dynamic coupling command being issued in real-time and flexibly by ATS, the real-time nature of its nonlinear planning is difficult to guarantee, so it still needs a real-time control approach to respond to the coupling command issued at any time. Existing spacing control approach for dynamic coupling are not able to achieve synchronization in the arrival phase based on a known spacing strategy only. Thus, we propose a cooperative consensus model predictive control (MPC) approach, in which we introduce a concept of time error to achieve synchronization arrival in dynamic coupling by synchronizing the time error, with the help of the existing reference trajectory of coupled running. Finally, based on the data from a demonstration project of Beijing metros, experiments are conducted to demonstrate the performance of the proposed approach. Experimental results show that the proposed approach can establish coupling more quickly and better achieve synchronization arrival with the existing spacing control approach.