Title :
New power technologies for traction drives
Author :
Mermet-Guyennet, Michel
Author_Institution :
ALSTOM Transp. - PRIMES, Semeac, France
Abstract :
This paper discusses the needs of power technologies for traction drives with the view of the rail market requirements. A particular case is discussed in detail : the very high speed train concept developed by Alstom and called AGV. Some potential developments with new technologies are described to improve the performance of high speed traction drives.
Keywords :
railways; traction motor drives; AGV; Alstom; high speed trains; power technologies; rail market requirements; traction drives; Costs; Drives; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Inverters; Packaging; Paper technology; Permanent magnet motors; Rails; Synchronous motors; Traction motors; power electronics; silicon carbide; traction drives; transformer;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics Electrical Drives Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM), 2010 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4986-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7919-1
DOI :
10.1109/SPEEDAM.2010.5542097
