Measuring and Simulating Elevator Passengers in Existing Buildings

摘要

Elevator traffic surveys are an essential part of understanding elevator passenger traffic in buildings, a prerequisite for good traffic analysis design. In this paper the authors describe how to: (ⅰ) perform a traffic survey using a manual count of passengers at the main lobby and in the cars; (ⅱ) analyse the data measured; (ⅲ) model the building surveyed in simulation. An example survey and analysis is presented, including a description of the software tools used to collect and process the data. Simulation results are shown to be consistent with the hall call analysis provided by the elevator control system.