Energy Consumption Analysis of High-Speed Trains under Real Vehicle Test Conditions

Table 2

Actual energy consumption values of different EMU models on the Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway and Shanghai–Hangzhou high-speed railway at different speed levels and the values calculated by the model.

Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway
Vehicle model and energy consumption model	Speed (km/h)	Actual statistical energy consumption (kWh/10,000 ton km)	Model-calculated values (kWh/10,000 ton-kilometers)	Error (%)
CRH2C	160–180	454.7	453.3	0.32
	180–200	455.3	454.0	0.28
	200–220	455.9	454.0	0.42
	220–240	456.2	453.1	0.67
	240–260	453.7	451.5	0.48
	260–280	452.5	449.1	0.76
CRH380AL	100–160	319.2	319.2	0.0
	160–180	332.5	331.6	0.3
	180–200	337.3	335.5	0.5
	200–220	338.4	338.0	0.1
	220–240	338.7	338.8	0.0
	240–260	338.9	338.2	0.2
	260–280	339.6	337.3	0.7
CRH3	100–120	462.8	456.2	1.4
	120–140	463.1	464.4	–0.3
	140–160	450.1	470.9	−4.6
	160–180	469.5	475.5	−1.3
	180–200	496.2	478.2	3.6
	200–220	489.6	479.1	2.1
	220–240	494.9	478.2	3.4
	240–260	502.1	475.4	5.3
	260–280	444.6	470.8	−5.9
	280–300	448.7	464.4	−3.5
	300–320	446.3	456.1	−2.2
	320–340	451	446.0	1.1
	340–360	453.3	434.0	4.3
Shanghai–Hangzhou high-speed railway
Railway model and energy consumption model	Speed (km/h)	Actual statistical energy consumption (kWh/10000 ton km)	Model-calculated values (kWh/10,000 ton km)	Error (%)
CRH2C	130–180	236	240.4	−1.9
	180–200	333.3	319.7	4.1
	200–240	349.6	361.5	−3.4
	240–300	379.9	377.5	0.6
CRH2B	120–140	200.7	200.7	0
	140–160	232.9	232.9	0
	160–200	295.3	295.3	0
CRH2E	100–140	212.1	213.7	−0.8
	140–160	248.9	242.5	2.6
	160–180	251.4	257.8	–2.6
	180–220	276.8	275.2	0.6
CRH380AL	130–160	321.4	316.9	1.4
	160–180	310.9	323.1	−3.9
	180–200	331.1	327.2	1.2
	200–220	333	330.5	0.8
	220–240	332.2	333.0	−0.2
	240–300	333.3	335.5	−0.7
CRH380BL	100–160	359	358.6	0.1
	160–180	384.5	392.9	−2.2
	180–200	417.8	400.6	4.1
	200–240	388.5	400.6	−3.1
	240–260	390.7	386.6	1.1

Note. CRH2C, CRH2B, and CRH2E fall into CRH2 series EMUs. The main difference lies in the power configuration and formation. CRH2C is 6M2T; CRH2B, and CRH2E are 8M8T; CRH2E is a full-row sleeper EMU train.