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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Transactions ID Number: 32-738
Full Name: Cornelia Aida Bulucea
Position: Associate Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: University of Craiova, Faculty of Electromechanical and Environmental Engineering, Bd. Decebal 107, Craiova
Country: ROMANIA
Tel: 435255
Tel prefix: +40251
Fax: +40251435255
E-mail address: abulucea@gmail.com
Other E-mails: aidan5678@gmail.com
Title of the Paper: Enhancing the Sustainability of Energy Conversion in Electrically Driven Transportation Systems
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Doru A. Nicola, Marc A. Rosen, Cornelia A. Bulucea, Constantin Brindusa
Email addresses of all the authors: dnicola@em.ucv.ro, marc.rosen@uoit.ca, abulucea@gmail.com, rinstalctin@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 11
Abstract: The manner is illustrated in which energy conversion processes during electric train operation can be analyzed using exergy. Loss of exergy reflects a loss of potential of energy to do work. Following the notion that life on Earth demonstrates sustainable energy conversion, we assess the viability of transportation systems according to the model of an ecosystem. Analysis steps based on an industrial ecosystem metabolism include describing the electric railway system as an industrial ecosystem with its limits and components, defining system operation regimes, and assessing the equilibrium points of the system for two reference frames. Exergy losses can be related to the energy flows during dynamic processes, and exergy conversion in these processes provides a meaningful measure of the industrial ecosystem efficiency. The results are expected to help make transportation systems more sustainable. Potentially beneficial directions for future research are highlighted.
Keywords: Electric Transportation, Energy Conversion, Exergy, Induction Motor, Industrial Ecology
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Special (Invited) Session: Best Paper in the 6th WSEAS Int. Conf. on ENGINEERING EDUCATION (EE '09) "Sustainable Energy Conversion in Electrically Driven Transportation Systems, pp. 124-132", Doru A. Nicola, Marc A. Rosen, Cornelia A. Bulucea, Constantin Brandusa
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