Reducing Energy Consumption of Light Rail Train by using CO2-Controlled Ventilation for Air Condition

This paper present reducing the energy consumption of light rail train by using co2-operated ventilation for air-conditioning. To achieve this precious goal, this paper proposes the use of co2-operated ventilation in order to reduce the energy used for air-conditioning purpose. The energy of co2-operated air-conditions and CAV (convention system) was simulated and analyzed by HAP software. The result of train simulation report has shown clearly that co2-operated air condition consume less energy and is cost energy effective  as compared to CAV( conventional system).

1. Radwan Ahmed Bouh: Djibouti-Ethiopia Railway Company
2. Kader Ali Ibrahim: Control Science and Engineering, School of Internet Things, Jiangnan University

Radwan Ahmed Bouh and Kader Ali Ibrahim, "Reducing Energy Consumption of Light Rail Train by using CO2-Controlled Ventilation for Air Condition", International Journal of Engineering Works, Vol. 5 Issue 12 PP. 248-251 December 2018.

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