A novel four quadrant DC series motor control drive for traction applications

Author

Fuentes, F.R. ; Estrada, G.J.

Author_Institution

IDT S.A., Santiago, Chile

fYear

2012

fDate

4-8 March 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

DC series motor has been the most used solution for the traction of locomotives, trolleybuses, trams and others, characterized by a speed and torque control using additional resistances, which means a low efficiency, electromechanical contactors, high maintenance costs, dynamic braking in resistances. In this paper a novel 4 quadrant full control for DC series motor drive is presented. A prototype was designed using IGBTs and it was tested at the Metro workshop. It is a very good solution for re-visiting and improvement of old drives that uses DC motors. The proposed drive is supported by a USA patent, obtained in 2007(US 7.274.865).

Keywords

DC motor drives; insulated gate bipolar transistors; machine control; power bipolar transistors; traction motor drives; 4 quadrant full control; IGBT; dynamic braking; electromechanical contactors; four quadrant DC series motor drive control; maintenance costs; torque control; traction applications; trams; trolleybuses; DC motors; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Motor drives; Torque; Traction motors; Voltage control; Windings; DC drive; Traction application;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Vehicle Conference (IEVC), 2012 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Greenville, SC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1562-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEVC.2012.6183204

Filename

6183204