2 papers
eess.SY2025
Evaluation of Rail Decarbonization Alternatives: Framework and Application
Adrian Hernandez, Max TM Ng, Nazib Siddique +5
The Northwestern University Freight Rail Infrastructure and Energy Network Decarbonization (NUFRIEND) framework is a comprehensive industry-oriented tool for simulating the deploym…
eess.SY2024
Trading Off Energy Storage and Payload -- An Analytical Model for Freight Train Configuration
Max T. M. Ng, Adrian Hernandez, Pablo L. Durango-Cohen +1
To support planning of alternative fuel technology (e.g., battery-electric locomotives) deployment for decarbonizing non-electrified freight rail, we develop a convex optimization…