Electric railway traction in Europe. A survey of the state-of-the-art

Author

Steimel, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ruhr-Univ., Bochum, Germany

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

17-20 Jun 1996

Firstpage

40

Abstract

The paper describes the state of the art and the main evolutionary trends In the field of electric railway traction technology in Europe emphasizing inverter-fed three-phase drives. The important low-loss snubber circuits for GTO converters are discussed as well as the special circuits in use for multi-system locomotives and the appropriate cooling systems. The survey is completed by an overview of the field-oriented control strategies employed for traction machines

Keywords

AC motor drives; cooling; invertors; machine control; railways; snubbers; thyristor convertors; traction; Europe; GTO converters; cooling systems; current supply systems; electric railway traction; field-oriented control strategies; four quadrant controllers; inverter-fed three-phase drives; low-loss snubber circuits; multi-system locomotives; state of the art; traction machines; Circuits; Costs; Current supplies; Europe; Induction motors; Modems; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Rail transportation; Railway safety;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 1996. ISIE '96., Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Warsaw

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3334-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.1996.548390

Filename

548390