David Dimmer is the Director of Product Strategy for the Urban Rail Signalling Business Line of Thales Group. He has been a member of the urban rail signalling and train control competence centre since 1987. David played a leading role in the design of the SelTrac™ radio based product, which has been installed on more than 20 lines in China, and lines in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, New York, Doha, Hyderabad, Santiago, Disney World, West Virginia University, and Ottawa.
David is the Canadian representative on the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Working Group 40, which is developing the IEC 62290 standards for Communication Based Train Control systems. He is also representing Thales on the IEEE WG2, which is currently updating the IEEE 1474 standards.
David graduated from University of Toronto and has a Bachelor of Applied Sciences degree in Engineering Science.
Sessions
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June 06: Building a sharing ecosystem: Developing greater energy efficiency within public transport
Energy Saving with Green CBTC
This presentation will describe how a Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) system can reduce the use of traction power in a metro. Optimized coasting of individual trains will be discussed along with algorithms to limit peak usage, prevent trains from stopping between stations, and use the regenerative braking energy of one train to power another. Planning tools which support the optimization of timetables for energy reduction will be described. Two specific metro project applications with be discussed. -
June 06: E-Poster Session 3
Energy Saving with Green CBTC
This presentation will describe how a Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) system can reduce the use of traction power in a metro. Optimized coasting of individual trains will be discussed along with algorithms to limit peak usage, prevent trains from stopping between stations, and use the regenerative braking energy of one train to power another. Planning tools which support the optimization of timetables for energy reduction will be described. Two specific metro project applications with be discussed.
