Title :
Energy management of traction power substations on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system
Author :
Griffiths, Mark ; Sanders, Martin
Author_Institution :
De Leuw, Cather & Co., USA
Abstract :
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Light Rail System (LRT) is unique among all other Light Rail Transit Systems in North America because it employs a real time, energy management demand metering system (EMS) to monitor and control traction power load. This system has been provided to reduce the cost impacts of demand billing imposed by the local electric utility. The fundamental requirement of the EMS is to predict the occurrence and timing of maximum peak loads and remotely control the power contributions from traction power substations to optimize the overall demand balance of each utility metering point
Keywords :
computerised monitoring; energy management systems; power control; power system measurement; railways; rapid transit systems; substations; telecontrol; traction; Dallas Area Rapid Transit system; Light Rail System; North America; demand billing; energy management; maximum peak loads; real time energy management demand metering system; remote power control; traction power load control; traction power load monitoring; traction power substations; Control systems; Costs; Energy management; Light rail systems; Lighting control; Medical services; North America; Real time systems; Remote monitoring; Substations;
Conference_Titel :
Railroad Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999 ASME/IEEE Joint
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5533-4
DOI :
10.1109/RRCON.1999.762400
