Experimental Study on a PEMFC Fed Railway Vehicle Motor Drive System

Author

Furuya, Takemasa ; Kondo, Keiichiro ; Yamamoto, Takamitsu

Author_Institution

Electr. Drive Syst. Group, Railway Tech. Res. Inst., Kokubunji

Volume

3

fYear

2006

fDate

8-12 Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1249

Lastpage

1252

Abstract

In this paper, we present experimental test results at RTRI´s rolling stock test facility with a 28kW rating polymer membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), a 90KVA general purpose inverter and actual traction motors for a commuter train to verify the compatibility of the PEMFC with an induction motor railway vehicle traction system. Through these tests, we have verified that the PEMFC can properly feed electrical power to control traction motors even in the case of sudden change of motor consuming power and, that PEMFCs can be applied to railway vehicle traction system. We are convinced that this research work contributes to promoting environmental friendliness of railway transportation system in the future

Keywords

fuel cell vehicles; induction motor drives; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; railways; traction motor drives; 28 kW; PEMFC; commuter train; general purpose inverter; induction motor; polymer membrane fuel cell; railway transportation system; railway vehicle motor drive system; railway vehicle traction system; traction motor control; Biomembranes; Fuel cells; Motor drives; Polymers; Rail transportation; System testing; Test facilities; Traction motors; Vehicle driving; Vehicles; fuel cell; induction motor drive; inverter; railway vehicle traction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 2006. 41st IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE

Conference_Location

Tampa, FL

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0364-2

Electronic_ISBN

0197-2618

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.2006.256691

Filename

4025378