Real time simulator for railway traction and auxiliary power unit control applications

Author

Kovudhikulrungsri, L. ; Yuki, K. ; Arai, T. ; Hirahara, A.

Author_Institution

Toshiba Corp., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2010

fDate

21-24 June 2010

Firstpage

244

Lastpage

247

Abstract

This paper mentions about applications of a real time simulator (RTS) for railways traction and auxiliary power unit (APU) control. The RTS allow us to examine the control algorithm before on-site examination. This improves the efficiency of control algorithm development. Mathematical models of traction control system and APU are programmed in a field programmable gate array (FPGA) in order to realize the simulation precision of 1 microsecond. Various examples of real-time simulations are included in this paper to confirm the effectiveness of the RTS.

Keywords

control engineering computing; field programmable gate arrays; railway electrification; traction; FPGA; RTS; auxiliary power unit control application; control algorithm development; field programmable gate array; railway traction control; real time simulator; Circuits; Control system synthesis; Field programmable gate arrays; Inspection; Mathematical model; Power electronics; Pulse width modulation inverters; Rail transportation; Traction motors; Vehicles; Real time simulation; railway traction control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Conference (IPEC), 2010 International

Conference_Location

Sapporo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5394-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPEC.2010.5542287

Filename

5542287