Efficiency comparison of 3D elevators for skyscrapers using simulations

Skyscrapers are being built all over the world so that land can be used more effectively in urban areas. This trend will continue in the future. Land prices in urban areas are high, and it is necessary to make buildings high-rise in order to lower the price per unit floor area. New problems arise as buildings become taller. For example, how to efficiently move as many persons (users) as possible to destination floors within a building during work hours and leaving hours. Even outside of those time zones, the following issue can be cited as an example. That is, how to move a small number of persons to a destination floor at low cost. The authors of this research have previously proposed a three-dimensional elevator-system for skyscrapers to solve this problem. However, the analysis regarding efficiency was not performed. In this study, a comparison of the efficiency of a 3D elevator system for skyscrapers using simulations is reported. The ‘average user elapsed time’ when commuting to work was calculated specifically by simulation and compared for each type of elevator system. The results showed that the 3D elevator system was clearly more efficient than the regular high-rise building elevator system.