Simulation Model and Validation Method Analysis of an Electric Passenger Elevator

Elevators play a crucial role in facilitating transportation within tall buildings. The drive system of an elevator, governing its initiation, acceleration, seamless operation, and gradual deceleration during braking, significantly impacts the overall quality and efficiency of the elevator's performance. This paper presents the modeling and simulation of the elevator drive system using Simcenter Amesim simulation platform. The command-and-control system performances are analyzed under varied conditions such as changed target floors, requested by passengers, correlated with a variable number of people using the elevator. For the validation of the simulation model, the results of the measurements conducted for different operating regimes, associated with imposed load and speed, are used. The results obtained confirm the fact that the presented methods make it possible to analyze the dynamic performance of an elevator with different control parameters, contributing to the optimal design of an elevator.