The role of the arc erosion in sever wear of carbon strip/copper contact wire in pantograph-catenry system

Author

Ding, T. ; Chen, G.X. ; Xiao, S.F. ; Xie, L. ; Zeng, Q.D.

Author_Institution

Xiaogan Univ., Xiaogan, China

Volume

2

fYear

2011

fDate

20-21 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

297

Lastpage

299

Abstract

Experimental tests on friction and wear behavior of copper contact line/carbon strip were carried out under the conditions of different electric current on a pin-on-disc tester. During testing, the coefficient of friction and wear rate were recorded and arc discharge phenomenon was observed. The result indicated that friction coefficient decrease with increase of electric current intensity due to the lubrication role of electric current. As the electric current increased, wear volume distinctly increased due arc discharge ablation. By analysis of SEM micrograph and EDX spectrum on wear surface of carbon strip, it is known that arc erosion, oxidative wear and metal melting are dominant with electric current and abrasive wear and adhesive wear are dominant without electric current.

Keywords

X-ray chemical analysis; abrasion; arcs (electric); carbon; erosion; friction; lubrication; pantographs; railway electrification; strips; wires; C; EDX spectrum; SEM micrograph; abrasive wear; arc discharge ablation; arc discharge phenomenon; arc erosion; carbon strip; copper contact wire; electric current; friction coefficient; high-speed electrified railway system; lubrication; oxidative wear; pantograph-catenry system; pin-on-disc tester; wear surface; Arc discharges; Carbon; Current; Friction; Materials; Strips; Surface discharges; arc discharge; arc erosion; friction and wear; oxidative wear;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computing, Control and Industrial Engineering (CCIE), 2011 IEEE 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9599-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCIENG.2011.6008123

Filename

6008123