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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jared Cooper, Melbourne, FL (US);
Samuel Golden, Melbourne, FL (US);
Robert Foy, Melbourne, FL (US);
David Peltz, Melbourne, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for identifying cargo-carrying vehicles (CCV) to be included in a vehicle system that are non-propulsion-generating vehicles scheduled to depart from a vehicle yard and travel to one or more destination locations at a predetermined departure time. Further includes, calculating a minimum tractive effort threshold required by one or more propulsion-generating vehicles (PGV) to propel the vehicle system to the one or more destination locations along a route within a predetermined time period. And selecting a set of one or more PGV from a larger group of PGV within the vehicle yard to be included in the vehicle system. The set of one or more PGV produce a tractive effort of at least the minimum tractive effort threshold, and having at least one of a lower fuel consumption or lower emissions than selecting one or more of the remaining PGV from the larger group of PGV, respectively.