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Title:
Hybrid rail car
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5909209
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the capacity of a storage battery by controlling an engine to minimize fuel consumption in accordance with load, actively produce a state where engine-generated power exceeds the load, and charge/discharge the storage battery for excess and deficiency of the engine-generated power so as to frequently repeat charge and discharge.SOLUTION: A hybrid railroad vehicle travels by power of an engine and a power storage device. The power storage device is provided with a full charge level, and a charge start level where residual power is lower than that in the full charge level. When residual power in the power storage device becomes lower than the charge start level, the power storage device is charged by the engine till the residual power in the power storage devices reaches a charge-complete level.

Inventors:
Yukio Kadota
Akihiko Ujiie
Hajime Yamamoto
Application Number:
JP2013126956A
Publication Date:
April 26, 2016
Filing Date:
June 17, 2013
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Toshiba Corporation
International Classes:
B61C7/04; B60L11/18; B60L50/15; B60W10/06; B60W20/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP2006280113A
JP2003134604A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takumi Hara
Naomi Hattori
Ryosuke Asano