A Comprehensive Research on Ensuring Energy Efficiency in Rail Systems

Year 2024, Volume: 16 Issue: 1, 30 - 46, 31.01.2024

Yağmur Arıkan , Özge Pinar Akkaş , Ertuğrul Çam

Abstract

Today, the increase in energy needs and the risk of depletion of some energy resources is a worrying situation for sustainable life. Therefore, energy efficiency and prevention of energy losses are crucial. Transportation is one of the sectors where energy is used most intensively. As in every field, it is aimed to prevent the excessive use of energy in this sector. One of the most important activities in this regard is to encourage public transportation, and in this sense, rail systems are frequently preferred in big cities. However, their energy consumption is increasing due to the increasingly widespread network structure of these systems. Therefore, energy efficiency studies on these systems have a significant impact on clean and sustainable life and attract the attention of researchers. Energy efficiency studies in rail systems show a wide variety due to their complicated structure. In this paper, the concepts of energy consumption and efficiency in rail systems, studies on this subject in the literature and the technologies and methods used have been examined. The outputs of the paper have been evaluated in terms of energy efficiency and an assessment have been made for the future.

Keywords

Rail transportation, Energy consumption, Energy management, Energy Efficiency, Cost

Raylı Sistemlerde Enerji Verimliliğinin Sağlanmasına Yönelik Kapsamlı Bir Araştırma

Abstract

Günümüzde enerji ihtiyacının artması ve bazı enerji kaynaklarının tükenme riski, sürdürülebilir yaşam için endişe verici bir durumdur. Bu nedenle enerji verimliliği ve enerji kayıplarının önlenmesi çok önemlidir. Ulaşım, enerjinin en yoğun kullanıldığı sektörlerden biridir. Her alanda olduğu gibi bu sektörde de aşırı enerji kullanımının önüne geçilmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Bu konudaki en önemli faaliyetlerden biri de toplu ulaşımın teşvik edilmesi olup, bu anlamda büyük şehirlerde raylı sistemler sıklıkla tercih edilmektedir. Ancak bu sistemlerin giderek yaygınlaşan ağ yapılarından dolayı enerji tüketimleri de artmaktadır. Bu nedenle bu sistemler üzerinde yapılan enerji verimliliği çalışmaları, temiz ve sürdürülebilir yaşam üzerinde önemli bir etkiye sahiptir ve araştırmacıların ilgisini çekmektedir. Raylı sistemlerde enerji verimliliği çalışmaları, karmaşık yapılarından dolayı çeşitlilik göstermektedir. Bu çalışmada, raylı sistemlerde enerji tüketimi ve verimlilik kavramları, bu konuda literatürde yapılan çalışmalar ve kullanılan teknolojiler ve yöntemler incelenmiştir. Makale çıktıları enerji verimliliği açısından değerlendirilerek geleceğe yönelik bir değerlendirme yapılmıştır.

Keywords

Enerji tüketimi, Enerji Verimliliği, Raylı sistemler, Maliyet”

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