DocumentCode
285989
Title
Thermal evolution of air cooled traction converters
Author
Sykes, A.J. ; Faddoul, R.Y.
Author_Institution
GEC Alsthom Traction Ltd., Manchester, UK
fYear
1993
fDate
34050
Firstpage
42491
Lastpage
510
Abstract
Recent developments in snubber circuits, electrical insulation materials and accurate heat energy and thermal simulation have enabled smaller propulsion power converter equipments to be designed. These equipments are air cooled whereby the train motion is used to pass the cooling air over earthed heat sink fins. The application of these developments to the propulsion equipments designed for the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway is used to illustrate the principles
Keywords
choppers (circuits); cooling; electric propulsion; heat sinks; packaging; power convertors; railways; rapid transit systems; thermal analysis; thyristor applications; traction; GTO choppers; Hong Kong; air; cooling; developments; electrical insulation materials; heat sink; power converter; propulsion; rapid transit systems; snubber circuits; thermal analysis; traction; train;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Thermal Management in Power Electronics Systems, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
London
Type
conf
Filename
230951
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