Design and Evaluation Examples of a Data Acquisition System for Light Rail Applications
Philip Otto, Markus Tesar, Peter Gratzfeld · 2020
This publication gives an overview of the design and setup of a measurement system for carrying out comprehensive long-term measurements in the Karlsruhe tram network and presents a methodical procedure for equipping inventory vehicles of operators. In addition to the hardware equipment, solutions for the efficient storage and analysis of the data are also presented. The measurements from the operation show a manifold optimization potential regarding the energy efficiency of the overall vehicle and the DC tram network. Based on the measurement data, multi-physics simulation models can be validated and machine learning models can be trained. Thus, the project provides the basis for large-scale data studies that have come to the fore in the field of rail vehicles in recent years.