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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
May. 05, 2003
Gerald James Hess, Jr., Erie, PA (US);
Jan Alan Nagle, North East, PA (US);
Shuo Chen, Erie, PA (US);
Randall Slomski, Erie, PA (US);
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Erie, PA (US);
Gerald James Hess, Jr., Erie, PA (US);
Jan Alan Nagle, North East, PA (US);
Shuo Chen, Erie, PA (US);
Randall Slomski, Erie, PA (US);
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Erie, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The system and method for controlling a consist of at least first and second locomotives having discrete operating modes. The method comprises receiving a control command and determining a power operating mode of the first locomotive and a power operating mode of the second locomotive as a function of the control command and an optimization parameter. The power operating mode of the second locomotive is different as compared to the power operating mode of the first locomotive in at least one mode of operation of the method. The method further comprises controlling the first locomotive responsive to the power operating mode of the first locomotive and controlling the second locomotive responsive to the power operating mode of second locomotive.