Control system and method for a transportation network

A control system including one or more processors that may determine vehicle locations of one or more vehicles and states of charge of vehicle energy storage devices onboard the one or more vehicles. The control system may include an energy chassis having a fuel source holding a supply of fuel, an e...

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Hauptverfasser:	North, Nathan Thomas, Golden, Samuel William, Foy, Robert James, Karunaratne, Milan, Paul, Anthony D, Cooper, Jared Klineman, Carnegie, William, Wright, Gregory, Peltz, David Michael, McNair, Daniel
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC PERFORMING OPERATIONS RAILWAYS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A control system including one or more processors that may determine vehicle locations of one or more vehicles and states of charge of vehicle energy storage devices onboard the one or more vehicles. The control system may include an energy chassis having a fuel source holding a supply of fuel, an energy converter to convert at least a portion of the supply of the fuel from the fuel source into electric energy, and a communication device to communicate with the processors. The processors may direct which of the one or more vehicles are to couple with and be powered by the electric energy of the energy chassis based on one or more of: the vehicle locations, the states of charge of the vehicle energy storage devices, an amount of the supply of the fuel of the energy chassis, and a chassis location of the energy chassis.