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<p>Escalators are an important piece of equipment used for vertical transportation of people in buildings. In today’s context, when the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is a global challenge, the energetic efficiency of escalators in operation becomes a priority. The research aims to identify possibilities to reduce the energy consumption of this category of equipment. In this respect, we have undertaken a series of tests to establish a correlation between passenger traffic and electrical energy consumption. The tests were carried out for an existing escalator and represent the first step in developing solutions to optimize the operation of such equipment. The energetic efficiency of escalators in operation needs to be customized for each model and involves finding parameters that can be modelled to reduce electrical energy consumption.</p>
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Escalators are an important piece of equipment used for vertical transportation of people in buildings. In today’s context, when the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is a global challenge, the energetic efficiency of escalators in operation becomes a priority. The research aims to identify possibilities to reduce the energy consumption of this category of equipment. In this respect, we have undertaken a series of tests to establish a correlation between passenger traffic and electrical energy consumption. The tests were carried out for an existing escalator and represent the first step in developing solutions to optimize the operation of such equipment. The energetic efficiency of escalators in operation needs to be customized for each model and involves finding parameters that can be modelled to reduce electrical energy consumption.

Energy Efficiency Aspects Regarding Passengers’ Transportation using Escalators

lecturer, Technical University of Civil Engineering

assistent, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest

Romanian Journal of Transport Infrastructure

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Escalators are an important piece of equipment used for vertical transportation of people in buildings. In today’s context, when the reduction of greenhouse...

Energy Efficiency Aspects Regarding Passengers’ Transportation using Escalators

Publié en ligne: 22 mars 2024

Pages: 1 - 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjti-2023-0018

Mots clés
Escalator, Energy efficiency, People flow, Load profile

© 2023 Savaniu Ioan Mihail et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Energy Efficiency Aspects Regarding Passengers’ Transportation using Escalators

Publié en ligne: 22 mars 2024

Pages: 1 - 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjti-2023-0018

Mots clésEscalator, Energy efficiency, People flow, Load profile

© 2023 Savaniu Ioan Mihail et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Escalator, Energy efficiency, People flow, Load profile