A review of multi-car elevator system

• Main Authors: Liew, Yeong Cherng, Lim, Cheng Siong, Tan, Michael Loong Peng, Tan, Chee Wei
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2015
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/55863/1/LiewYeongCherng2015_AReviewofMulti-CarElevatorSystem.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/55863/; http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v73.4410
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This paper presents a review of a new generation of elevator system, the Multi-Car Elevator System. It is an elevator system which contains more than one elevator car in the elevator shaft. In the introduction, it explains why the Multi-Car Elevator System is a new trend elevator system based on its structural design, cost saving and efficiency in elevator system. Different types of Multi-Car Elevator System such as circulation or loop-type, non-circulation and bifurcate circulation are described in section 2. In section 3, researches on dispatch strategies, control strategies and avoidance of car collision strategies of Multi-Car Elevator System since 2002 are reviewed. In the discussion section, it reveals some drawbacks of the Multi-Car Elevator System in transport capability and the risk of car collision. There are recommendations to the future work as well.