On-board electrically peaking drive train for electric railway vehicles Conference Paper

abstract

• This paper presents a novel drive train technology as a remedy to some of the problems that affect the design and the exploitation of electric railway vehicles. The base loading (energy necessary to overcome aerodynamic drag and rolling resistance frictions) and the peaking (power necessary to accelerate and decelerate the vehicle) are strictly separated. As in conventional electric railway drive trains, the base loading is still provided by the overhead line. However, the peaking power is provided by an on-board energy storage device. This architecture reduces the currents drawn from the overhead line and the problems associated with these currents. The potential advantages and disadvantages of this drive train are discussed for several types of electric railway vehicles. The feasibility of this drive train is discussed and propositions for future work are made.

name of conference

• Proceedings IEEE 56th Vehicular Technology Conference

authors

• Ehsani, Mehrdad

published proceedings

• IEEE 56TH VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, VTC FALL 2002, VOLS 1-4, PROCEEDINGS

author list (cited authors)

• Gay, S. E., & Ehsani, M.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Gay, SE||Ehsani, M

publication date

• January 2002

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference  Journal

keywords

• Electric Railway Vehicle
• Electrically Peaking
• Hybrid Drive Train

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/vetecf.2002.1040751

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 0-7803-7467-3

start page

• 998

end page

• 1001

volume

• 2

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1109%2Fvetecf.2002.1040751

user-defined tag

• 7 Affordable and Clean Energy