Optimal Strategy to Innovate and Reduce energy consumption In urban rail Systems

Final Report Summary - OSIRIS (Optimal Strategy to Innovate and Reduce energy consumption In urban rail Systems)

Executive Summary:
Work performed since the beginning and all along the project has remained in close conformity with the description of work.
In an attempt to summarize most important elements of work and achievement, a comprehensive list has been prepared.
• The understanding and structuring of energy issues, especially when constructing and filling the data base in WP1 & WP6. This has resulted into a considerable set of data, not limited to the project partners but extended to the User group members
• The definition of KPIs well suited for the Urban Rail needs : after an initial attempt to just recycle Railenergy program KPIs, well suited to mainline, it appeared that Urban Rail required a different approach considering both:
o The considerable weight of infrastructure in the overall consumption
oInteractions between sub systems components, which lead to creating both KPIs at system level and PIs at sub system levels
• The definition of duty cycles, use cases, service profiles, both precise and practical for use has generated considerable work, to ensure that choice made ( combination of basic modules) was the proper one
• The development of Holistic tool, capable to integrate existing (or future) software modules from different origins. This included
o Structuring Urban Rail system into sub elements ( stations, trains, power supply…) interacting not only “electrically” but also “thermally” on the energy side
o Setting up simple yet efficient interfaces between software modules internal and external
o Benchmarking results and solving problems associated with such ambitious tool
• The development of innovative technologies and operational solutions to save energy. In this respect work has been conducted to a satisfactory end – including real operation on site- on all 3 technological demonstrators (SiC auxiliary converter, Li-Ion based on board energy storage and Heat pump for cooling fixed installations). Positive energy impact met or exceeded expectations
• Similarly a long (~10) list of Operational improvements – requiring limited or no technology implementation has been investigated and for some of them experimented. Some potential savings when deployed over an entire network are impressive
• Forecasting technics – short and long term – to optimize transport offer and operations in relation to expected passenger demand have been intensively investigated. Results show that excellent correlation with reality can be obtained
• Work on analysis tools & structure – to properly evaluate impact of innovation combining PIs and KPIs – has provided a remarkable proof of concept of all structuring work previously developed ; with very few changes needed to apprehend reality. It also revealed the importance of cross system impact in energy savings evaluation
• Work on economical side has covered a large spectrum, ranging from basic ROI on energy innovation investment costs to broad European wide issues such as the strong impact of energy costs and their structure (contracts, variability over time…)
• Dissemination of results has also been demanded a fair amount of work from all partners (public events, publications, OSIRIS video), with the strong intention that all work done be useful to many and over time

Project Context and Objectives:
OSIRIS - Optimal Strategy to Innovate and Reduce energy consumption in urban rail Systems - is a jointly funded research project aimed at setting up a holistic approach for the reduction of energy consumption for urban rail systems embracing all the parts of the system from vehicles to infrastructure and operation. Unlike other transport modes, urban rail systems are complex environments and their energy consumption is characterized by a wide range of inter-dependent factors which have to be taken into account.
The goals will be reached through a number of activities. With the aim to ensure a reduction of the overall energy consumption within Europe’s urban rail systems of 10% compared to current levels by 2020, which is in line with the call text.
In order to fulfil the objective above, the following specific objectives are being addressed:
• The definition of overall needs and operational requirements allowing for the development of a global approach for the simulation, optimisation and benchmarking of the energy consumption of urban rail systems;
• The definition of standardised duty cycles and key performance indicators for urban rail systems in order to directly compare performance and the benchmarking of technologies;
• The development of a comprehensive model framework gathering existing proprietary traction and power network simulation modules into a complete urban rail system model.
• The use of optimisation methodologies in order to identify efficient strategies for realising low energy consuming urban rail systems, based on the use of the OSIRIS tool;
• The proposition of a technical recommendation (Tec Rec) for the use of On-board Energy Storage Systems, addressing the issue of assessment and mitigation of safety risks for the customer and operation staff;
• The evaluation of key railway technologies, operational strategies and the economic/political framework for the future reduction of energy consumption in urban rail systems;
• The assessment and comparison of overall energy saving potential when applying new technologies or operational modes and their implementation over both existing and new equipment;
• The demonstration of energy savings feasibility through the OSIRIS tool and a number of defined demonstration scenarios based on real use cases.

Project Results:
Deliverable D1.1 highlighted the main environmental, political and social requirements of energy efficiency in urban rail systems for each of the relevant stakeholders, considers potential conflicts between the different requirements and suggests potential mitigation measures.
Deliverable D1.2 provided a database of the energy consumption of the rail systems in each point of the network, collecting the data provided by the operators participating in the project.
The database described in D1.2 has been implemented throughout the duration of the project.
Deliverables D1.3 and D1.4 provided databases of the energy consumption of the rail systems in each point of the network, collecting the data provided by the operators participating in the project.
Deliverable D1.5 studied and provided tools and devices that enable the automatic detection of metro and tram consumption. The data will be used to generate a set of commonly agreed energy efficiency requirements amongst all operators in order to develop an energy optimization modeling and simulation process.
Deliverable D1.6 described how adequate and measurable energy consumption-related Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for urban rail systems were processed, elaborated and defined as well as rules f-or measurement and formulas for calculation.
Deliverable D1.7 proposed standardized energy consumption-related Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Duty Cycles for urban rail systems as they have been defined and described in deliverable 1.6 and 1.8.
Deliverable D1.8 developed Duty Cycles based on real-life measurements and a consequent simplification in order to be suitable as a generic Duty Cycle module. In the OSIRIS consortium, T1.4 working group collected a large amount of data, which were developed into generic Duty Cycles during a process of analysing, comparing and benchmarking.
Deliverable 1.9 assessed whether the test cases/cycles may be approximated by duty cycles described in the Deliverable 1.8 so that the test results can be assumed as a basis of comparison for lines approximated to duty cycles.

Deliverable 2.1 Holistic Energy Model Strategy contained the elaboration of a holistic strategy for an integrated urban rail energy efficiency management based on the use of a model methodology which provides manufacturers and operators with uniform information on system level. The deliverable defines the characteristics of the system to be modeled and the main requirements of the solution. Specifically, this involves the development of definitions for 1) components identification, characteristics and operation; 2) Modeling approach; 3) Modules interactions and Dependencies study with electrical and thermal interactions;
Deliverable D2.2 defined and completes the thermal model. The conceptual model includes all the assumptions made before the mathematical description was developed, as well as a description of the behavior of each component modeled. The system interactions section describes how each subsystem inside the thermal model affects another and also if there is any assumptions of the complexity of these interactions. The input and output specification section describes briefly the information necessary to run the model, and the outputs that can be obtained from the developed system.
Deliverable D2.3 included the elaboration of the Holistic OSIRIS tool. The purpose of the tool is to support the decisions of stakeholders in issues such as energy strategies, operational settings and determination of critical points when looking at energy efficiency improvements for metro and light rail networks. OSIRIS Tool gathers mathematical and optimisation models in order to perform simulations and test what-if scenarios, obtaining the total energy breakdown and thermal evolution for an urban rail system.
Deliverable D2.4 elaborated and integrated the optimization methodologies into the Holistic Energy. The description included the state of art of optimisation techniques, techniques to handle multi objective optimisation and integration to Holistic Energy Model.
Deliverable D2.5 Validation report defined the validation process and its results as part of the Holistic Tool development. This validation process showed several errors and restrictions which partners correct and improve to give it more stability and usefulness.
Deliverable D2.6 analysed existing partners and commercial multi-train simulation tools concerning performance and capability to forecast energy consumption in urban rail systems during operation. The result was an important basis for performing the necessary modifications of the existing tools to enable the integration into the Holistic Model.

Deliverable 3.1 elaborated the state of the art of the onboard energy saving technologies: regenerative braking, onboard energy storage systems, energy efficient traction drives based on Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors and innovatively controlled comfort auxiliaries. Data on field measurements were collected to evaluate the energy saving achieved by an enhanced vehicle compared with a standard one.
Deliverable D3.2 included the functional and operational parameters and the logical, electrical and mechanical interfaces of the onboard energy saving technologies identified in D3.1. After that, a first proposal was shared between partners and the level of detail of the interfaces was discussed, until a common approach was agreed.
Deliverable D3.3 developed a risk analysis of the Onboard Energy Storage System (OESS) which had been deployed in the real-life test in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Deliverable D3.4 focused on vehicle onboard energy storage consisting of EDLC and lithium-ion traction batteries.
Deliverable D3.5 delivered a calculation model related to the vehicle internal energy flow which embraces the Traction system (converters, resistors and motors), onboard Energy Storage modules and other auxiliaries for heating or cooling.
Deliverable D3.6 described a range of battery systems to address the railway market for on-board energy storage and the specification of the battery and its sub-components, the electrical architecture and functionalities adapted to hybridization.
Deliverable D3.7 studied a new concept of Auxiliary Converter and Transformer by starting from a “state of the art” of the components available on the market and the comparison with the actual IGBT made in silicon and successively by evaluating the components proposed by the suppliers in order to verify the characteristics and the functional behavior.

Deliverable D4.1 studied and defined a new monitoring and controlling system and future smart grid architecture within energy storage systems to reach the energy saving goals has been studied and defined. The energy control center was defined in terms of definition of protocol, functions, services and algorithms to accommodate it for as many use cases defined. Moreover the power electronic was studied and the bidirectional communication protocols and hardware have been designed.
Deliverable D4.2 presented the simulation of the different smart grid solutions by describing a DC smart grid architecture that recuperates trains braking energy and stores it in a hybrid storage system through a DC Busbar and by studiying and comparing different solutions applied on an existing metro line, in terms of reducing energy consumption.
Deliverable D4.3 presented technical recommendations in order to specify the DC micro-grid system. Specification for the case of Paris metro line 13. Moreover, it addressed energy savings using different solutions by presenting several electrical architectures and the use of electric storage systems base don the supercapacitor technology.
Deliverable D4.4 identified technical solutions in order to reduce energy consumption for station and tunnel auxiliaries in typical metro systems investigating how to improve HVAC systems. Partners identified low enthalpy geothermal solutions as effective basic technologies to achieve this goal. These solutions are incoming to be widely used in several domain such as domestic or industrial.
Deliverable D4.5 started from the results obtained in the previous Deliverable D4.4 “Heat gaps specifications for Metro systems’’ and analysed different types of systems which use the ground as source for heat exchange against to the traditional air HVAC system.
Deliverable D4.6 identified the best thermal management system for an underground (metro) line, after having analysed different use cases of ventilation strategies.

Deliverable D5.1 addressed four distinct objectives: the description of work required to the task 5.1 for fulfilling the OSIRIS project, the features which characterize the rail mass transit traffic, the understanding and explanation of influences of meteorological and societal factors on the traffic intensity registered within the rail network throughout these constant variations and the mathematical definition of the model of passenger traffic forecasting.
Deliverable D5.2 outlined a global overview of two situations: societal and economical contexts current configuration of operator-owned electrical grid and their present strategy for purchasing electricity. Moreover, the deliverable focused on ways electrical energy is consumed to fulfill operators’ requirements and described operational functions to be detained by a Smart Grid to carry out a suitable energy management process depending on predictive passenger traffic.
Deliverable D5.3 studied the correlation between the fluctuating passenger traffic of an urban railway system and the affiliated Traction Power-Demand used by rolling stocks. Moreover, it ascertained the approximate mathematical formulae which could help partners to forecast the traction energy consumption thanks to the predicted traffic of passengers.

Deliverable D6.1 aimed at centralizing and recording all the data requested by the OSIRIS project in order to demonstrate energy savings and energy efficiency improvements with both baseline data before implementation of new energy solutions and ‘’Improved’’ data after implementation of new energy solutions. Moreover, a measurement of existing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) defined in WP1 Task 3 relating to energy efficiency was carried out, taking into account constraints of traffic intensity, passenger safety and comfort.
Deliverable D6.2 started from the generic Use Cases defined in WP1 and it firstly concentrated on precisely defining testing and assessment sites among the various participating operators, and finalizing the best global allocation of experiments to operators/sites. Successively, it established a correlation with existing models at the initial benchmarking stage, laying the ground for further correlation after application of tested technologies and operating modes under Task 6.3. The methodology was applied successfully to all the experiments.
Deliverable D6.3 assessed in an independent and unbiased way some of the technologies proposed in WP3 and 4 to improve the energetic and thermal performance of metros, tramways and suburban trains. The extrapolation to a larger scale and other networks was carried out successfully and intelligently; for example, the experiment with the cooling of a technical room in Rome was extrapolated to only a small share of the total network as not every technical room has cold water in close proximity. As such, the extrapolations have been successfully carried out thanks to the additional 3 months granted by the European Commission.
Deliverable D6.4 carried out the same assessment done in D6.3 but this time by focusing on the operational solutions developed in WP5. In fact, the deliverable focused on energy efficiency from improved operations and with relatively limited investment (if any) in new technologies or infrastructure.

Deliverable D7.1 presented the relevant economic and business oriented Key Performance Indicators to evaluate the low consumption new technologies and solutions addressed in OSIRIS. The Deliverable was delayed due to a consistent and required involvement of all actors in order to have a comprehensive and solid document.
Deliverable D7.2 described the technical results of the OSIRIS project, i.e. the technologies developed for energy management and consumption optimisation in urban rail systems. Technologies and operational measures include innovation solutions across the different types of service of urban rail systems i.e. tram, light rail and metro services. Main achievements reported in this document include the Use Case Scenarios identified, representatives of different urban transport systems. The use cases presented have been chosen in order to demonstrate the technologies and operational developed in the project through real scenarios. Global savings are presented as well as Key Performance Indicators, identified in D1.6 and developed to assess the energy saving potential of each technology and operational innovation.
Deliverable D7.3 classified the OSIRIS developed technology solutions in several axes like technological maturity and risks, availability, acceptability versus existing norms and regulations. This classification associated with an economical approach should help to take decisions and some good methodologies were described in the deliverable.
Deliverable D7.4 described the methodology for an integrated decision-support tool which can be used to assess the cost effectiveness of innovative, energy savings technologies. This can be used by both innovative technology developers and suppliers in industry, who can determine whether to commercialise the product, and by urban rail system operators/infrastructure owners, who can determine whether the purchase of such a technology will benefit the urban rail system from a holistic perspective.

Potential Impact:
Final Results showing below entail the entire project:
1) First and foremost, potential savings provided by the innovations – whether technical, operational or by optimally managing capacity, have been evaluated both each innovation and for all innovations together (which is not a mere addition as explained further down) over at least two ( and sometimes three ) use cases over the Osiris operators participant networks (see attached table for details figures).
Such numbers have been “translated” into MWh for each of the 3 major Operators of OSIRIS, should all innovations be implemented over their network , giving rather impressive yet realistic /trustful yearly figures
• 10 GWh for Istanbul ULASIM
• 15 GWh for Milan ATM
• 50 GWh for Paris RATP
that is some 75 GWh for just those 3 networks.
Relating above figures to the overall yearly consumption of all European Urban rail networks (some 10000 GWh) confirm that the expected economical and environment impact is quite significant.
2) OSIRIS Tool to provide accurate simulations of energy consumption in a systemic approach by considering all primary parameters (line profile, vehicle performance, infra, ambient conditions, energy supply etc.). The tool will support the decisions of stakeholders in issues such as energy strategies, operational settings and determination of critical points when looking at energy efficiency improvements for metro and light rail networks.

3) A Duty cycle-Modules method as strong and stable base for energy consumption evaluation either in the frame of contracts or for innovation introduction. This work will require additional effort from both the Industry and Urban Operators in order to be fully exploitable and contains a solid standardization potential.

As far as Dissemination is concerned, the aim was threefold:
- To ensure the project outputs reach the relevant urban rail stakeholders enabling them to implement these;
- To ensure the project output reaches targeted decision makers at EU, national and local level for input in the standardisation and regulation work where applicable;
- To guarantee the delivery of high-quality results and sound technical solutions with the help of a ‘Users group’.
OSIRIS has delivered a high number of dissemination activities including presentations of main outputs during EU and International level events (TRA2012 and 2014, InnoTrans 2012 and 2014, workshops, OSIRIS Final Conference, SUG meetings), scientific and general publications in European and International magazines, posters and video clips (available at http://www.osirisrail.eu/deliverables). The OSIRIS consortium has ensured the highest level of promotion of the main results by targeting both railway experts and the general public.
The following are the main dissemination activities carried out during the whole duration of the project:
• Transport Research Arena (TRA) 2012 that took place in Athens from 23 to 26 April 2012. The project has also been presented at the local stand of ERRAC/UNIFE/UIC.
• InnoTrans 2012 is the biggest rail infrastructure event in Europe which took place from 18 to 21 September 2012. The project was presented after eight months since its launch. The event was attended by the supply industries and European (and International) Urban Operators and Railways and is therefore an ideal forum to link end users with technologies and results.
• EU-Russia Workshop on Rail Research was co-organized by the European Commission (DG MOVE and DG RTD) and took place on 16 – 18 of October in Moscow, Russia. The objective of the workshop was to exchange experience on the railway standardisation and research activities carried out in European and in Russia. Amongst other FP6 and FP7 projects, a general presentation of OSIRIS was given, explaining the main objectives and expected results.
• Annual Polis Conference 2012, held in Perugia on 29 and 30 April 2012. The conference provides an opportunity for regions and cities to show their transport achievements and to exchange innovative transport solutions. The conference was organized by Polis, a network of European cities and regions collaborating in order to achieve innovative technologies for a more sustainable mobility. The theme of the Polis conference was Innovation in Transport for Sustainable Cities and Region. OSIRIS was presented on 30 April 2012 during a parallel session focused on energy efficiency in public transport.
• UITP World congress 2013. Three presentations of OSIRIS were given during the annual UITP World Congress, which was held from the 26th to the 30th May 2013 in Geneva. The presentations on OSIRIS goals and results succeeded in gathering a large audience at the ATM (presentation given by J. Sandor, Unife) and UITP (presentation given by C. Hoogendoorn, UITP) stands as well as during the UITP High Level Industry Committee (HLIC). OSIRIS flyers were distributed at the UITP stand as well as to the HLIC members.
• Workshop ‘TecRec 100_001: a powerful tool for procuring energy efficient rolling stock’. The event was jointly organised by UNIFE and UIC and took place on October 28th in Paris. During the day, more than 20 experts in the field of Energy Efficiency and standardisation presented the status of the TecRec on Energy consumption in rolling stock and all the attendees participated in two dedicated seminars (‘Verification of vehicle performance’ and ‘Energy performance as part of life cycle cost’). OSIRIS was presented by the Technical coordinator AREVA, which highlighted benefits and limits of integrating the TecRec 100_001 for the Urban Rail sector. After outlying some common elements between the TecRec 100_001 and urban rail, a: proposed Urban Tec Rec was made using some of the parameters defined by the Tec Rec 100_001.
• UITP seminar on Energy savings. Some 50 experts from 11 countries including Malaysia, attended this Seminar organized by UITP Light Rail Committee on December 2013. The workshop can be summarised as follows: Energy represents 15 to 20% of the opex of a light rail network. The discussions highlighted that efforts in energy efficiency should be carefully-thought business decision, not a love story with technologies. Hence, there is no “one-size-fits-all” because prevailing conditions and especially subsidy regimes for investment in “green tech” are different everywhere. It was recognized that there is no small benefit: any improvement of energy efficiency results from cumulative efforts, among which strong focus was put on eco-driving, HVAC optimization and braking energy recovery.Due to the obvious synergies and common interest, UITP and UNIFE agreed to formally associate OSIRIS to the initiative. The project, and more specifically the activities of WP1 on duty cycles, was presented by AREVA on behalf of OSIRIS consortium. It was followed by a discussion about ways of addressing energy consumption over life cycle in the light rail vehicle procurement process.
• Transport Research Arena – TRA2014. TRA2014 was held between 14 and 17 April 2014 in Paris. OSIRIS project was presented by Mr. Andrea Demadonna, UNIFE Project Coordinator, to Mr. Shane Sutherland, Member of the Cabinet of Commissionner Geoghegan-Quinn (Research, Innovation and Science), Mr. Liam Breslin from DG Research and Mr. Josef Doppelbauer, ERRAC Chairman at the UNIFE stand during the first day. Mr Demadonna explained that OSIRIS main objective is to achieve a reduction of the overall energy consumption within Europe’s urban rail systems of 10% by 2020 through the implementation technological and operational solutions whilst testing, demonstrating and assessing their individual and combined benefits and returns on investment in real case scenarios. Moreover, the OSIRIS poster was displayed during the Outreach Marketplace session on the same day.

University of Newcastle also participated in the event by submitting two papers, namely:
o Sustainability in urban rail systems: addressing the conflicts between the social, political and environmental requirements for improving energy efficiency – R Palacin;
o Energy-efficient urban rail systems: strategies for an optimal management of regenerative braking energy – R Palacin.
• InnoTrans2014. InnoTrans2014 is the biggest rail infrastructure event in Europe which took place from 23 to 28 September 2014 in Berlin. The project was informally presented at the UNIFE stand during the whole duration of the event, including the distribution of OSIRIS leaflets and the first Newsletter. The event is attended by the supply industries and European (and International) Urban Operators and Railways and is therefore an ideal forum to link end users with technologies and results.
• Analisi del progetto Osiris e dimostratore free cooling. Ansaldo STS presented the objectives of OSIRIS and promoted the free cooling demonstrator tested in Rome during a CIFI – Collegio Ingegneri Ferroviari Italiani conference organized in Genova on 17 March 2015.
• RRUK-A Next Generation event. OSIRIS was addressed by a poster (‘’Developing the energy efficiency of urban rail systems”, Paul Batty) and a presentation ("Energy savings in existing metro systems through the introduction of regenerative braking”, A. Gonzalez-Gil) by Newcastle University during the event held on 15 and 16 July 2013 in London.
• OSIRIS Final Conference. OSIRIS held its final conference on 31 March 2015 at the Solvay Library in Brussels which was attended by more than 90 participants from across Europe. Jointly organised by UITP and UNIFE, the event was the occasion for the project partners to present the final results and discuss the exploitation potential of the main outcomes with external participants. The event was divided into three Focus sessions (Technical innovations, Operational Solutions, Holistic Tool) and three Workshops (‘Duty Cycles and service profiles: common and practical ways to approach real use’, ‘Return of Investment as key factor for operators to invest in energy-saving technology’, ‘OSIRIS methodology to evaluate energy saving potential. Benefit of technical KPIs and Data Base’). During the event, OSIRIS video was projected.
• UITP commissions and committees. The OSIRIS ongoing activities and results are presented and discussed with UITP members through UITP’s relevant commissions and committees (Light Rail Committee, Metro Committee in particular). These working groups meet every six months.
• UITP Seminar at the European Parliament “Energy efficiency and urban transport systems”.. The OSIRIS project was mentioned in the introductory presentation given by Mr Jerome Pourbaix (UITP Head of Advocacy), flyers were distributed at the event and the OSIRIS website was given as a link in the email sent to participants after the seminar which took place on 4 March 2014 in Brussels.
• Flyer. The OSIRIS flyer was presented at the InnoTrans 2012 event in Berlin, held from 18 to 21 September 2012. The flyer presents the main objectives of the project and its structure. In the future, the flyer will be distributed at major events during the project duration or even after.
• Press release. A press release was issued at the kick-off of the project on UNIFE public website. This press release summarizes the OSIRIS project with an emphasis on technical and operational solutions.
• Railway PRO magazine, March 2012, “OSIRIS reduces energy consumption in urban transport” (author: Pamela Luică, editor). This article explains the main objective of the OSIRIS project, with special focus on the main target of the reduction of energy consumption in urban transport systems by 10% until 2020. It also explains the goal of developing an OSIRIS systematic approach on energy efficiency in the entire urban transport systems.
• 2nd OSIRIS Newsletter

The 2nd OSIRIS newsletter has been produced during an extensive process of information exchange and discussions among the partners. The concept was presented by UNIFE during the TMT meeting in Bilbao in December 2014 and it has required the active involvement of all OSIRIS partners, especially WP and Task Leaders. The purpose of the last newsletter was to report the final results achieved by OSIRIS partners. The OSIRIS Newsletter has been distributed during the Final Conference of the project on 31 March 2015.
• Article ‘Optimising energy consumption in urban rail systems’, Railway Gazette, Feb 2015. The article was prepared by UNIFE and published on this influential EU magazine. After an introduction on the main reason behind the project and the system-level approach adopted by OSIRIS, the article has been focusing on the description of the main planned results, including innovative operational and technological solutions, KPIs and benchmarking. Another purpose of the article was to promote the Final Conference of OSIRIS, held on 31 March 2015 in Brussels.
• Article ‘Formulating effective energy reduction strategies‘, Eurotransport, Dec 2014. UITP prepared this article focused on the innovative methodology for simulating, evaluating and optimising energy consumption in urban rail systems developed in OSIRS. The article then shifted to the main achievements planned by the OSIRIS partners, including Duty Cycles and KPIs, technical and operational innovations and the Holistic Tool.
• UNIFE bimonthly briefing. OSIRIS activities and events have been disseminated to UNIFE members through its internal newsletter, which is published every two months. In particular, the following numbers have included OSIRIS news:
o UNIFE Briefing April 2014. The participation of OSIRIS at TRA2014 in Paris, where OSIRIS Project Coordinator Andrea Demadonna participated in the poster session to present the main goals of the project;
o UNIFE Briefing February 2015. This number informed UNIFE members about the upcoming OSIRIS Final Conference held at the Solvay Library in Brussels on 31 March 2015;
• UITP Public Transport International – PTI. Two articles were published in the March and December 2013 editions. PTI is UITP’s official magazine; it offers global coverage of urban, suburban and regional public transport issues. With a print run of 5,000 copies, PTI is distributed in 92 countries.
• Newsfeed on UITP website. A newsfeed was published on the UITP website http://www.uitp.org/urban-light-rail-how-much-energy-does-it-really-consume
• UITP’s newsletter “UITP Direct”. In particular, this publication included an article on the project in its March and April 2015 editions.
• UITP’s poster and leaflet on EU projects which are to be included in the UITP stand in Milan, 8-10 June 2015.
• Articles on OSIRIS Final Conference. UITP invited press representatives to the Final Conference and published a press release on the day of the conference. As a result of this five articles were published on European and International magazines:
• OSIRIS video clips. OSIRIS partners produced a series of video clips highlighting some of the main results of the project, which were screened during the Final Conference. The video was proposed by UNIFE, which coordinated the shooting and the content. The final result was the production of six video clips ranging from 2:30 to 4:30 minutes and including the following:
1. Introduction – main objectives of OSIRIS (interview to UNIFE Project Coordinator);
2. Operational solutions – interviews to RATP and ULASIM;
3. Technical innovations;
4. Energy Storage System in Vitoria and interview to CAF;
5. Auxiliary converter in Milan and interviews to ATM and Alstom;
6. Free cooling system in Rome and interview to Ansaldo STS;
7. Conclusions – main achievements of OSIRIS (interview to Alstom Technical Coordinator)
The video clips have been uploaded on to USB sticks which were distributed during the Final Conference and were as well made available on the OSIRIS website (http://www.osirisrail.eu/deliverables).

List of Websites:

www.osirisrail.eu

final1-osiris-poster-tra2014.jpg

final1-assessment-of-osiris-technological-and-operationa-solutions-figures.jpg

Final Report Summary - OSIRIS (Optimal Strategy to Innovate and Reduce energy consumption In urban rail Systems)

Documentos relacionados

Compartir esta página

Descargar