54results about "Interference suppression" patented technology

A railroad vehicle (1500) for carrying freight is described. The railroad vehicle (1500) comprises power regeneration capability through a traction motor (1530) linked to a driving wheel (1520D), an electrical energy storage system (1550), a controller (1570) that may selectively operate the traction motor (1530) in a motoring mode, a coasting mode, or a dynamic braking mode. In the dynamic braking mode electrical energy from the traction motor (1530) is transmitted to the electrical energy storage system (1550). The controller (1570) is in communication with a communication link (1580) that receives control commands from an external control source (1595), and those control commands indicate the operating mode for a particular period of time.

A self-powered railroad system (1700), in one embodiment, comprises a locomotive (1710), a control source (1715), and a plurality of load units (1720A-K and 1730A-G), some of which are railroad vehicles (1720A-K) comprising the components of railroad vehicle (1500) that provide for selective operation in a motoring mode, a coasting mode, or a dynamic braking mode. The self-powered railroad system may also comprise a control source and at least one railroad vehicle controlled by the control source, such as for coupling, uncoupling, and moving to or from a loading dock.

A hybrid energy railway vehicle system having a traction motor with a dynamic braking mode of operation for dynamically braking the traction motor and for generating dynamic braking electrical energy and an electrical energy storage system that is in electrical communication with the traction motor and that stores dynamic braking electrical energy generated by the traction motor. The system also has a hybrid energy railway vehicle with a plurality of wheels wherein the traction motor has a motoring mode of operation for driving one of the wheels in response to electrical input energy. A converter selectively provides stored electrical energy from the energy storage system to the traction motor as electrical input energy for driving one or more of wheels. The hybrid energy railway vehicle is optionally equipped computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for controlling the operation of the hybrid energy railway vehicle and a processor configured to control the operation of the railway vehicle as a function of at least one of a plurality of operating modes.

A method and system is provided for detecting and performing diagnostics regarding an incipient ground fault that may occur in an electrical propulsion system of a traction vehicle, such as a locomotive, transit vehicle, or off-highway vehicle. The method allows providing a first ground connection for the electrical propulsion system. This first ground connection forms a grounding path generally used by the electrical propulsion system during normal operation. The method further allows providing a second ground connection for the electrical propulsion system. This second ground connection forms a grounding path selectively usable in lieu of the first ground connection. A control strategy is defined for switching between the first ground connection and the second ground connection. A respective leakage current associated with at least one of the first and second ground connections may be monitored. Switching between the first and second ground connections may be controlled based on the monitored leakage current associated with at least one of the first and second ground connections.

A rail vehicle system includes a locomotive and a plurality of load units (freight cars) attached to the locomotive for movement along a railroad track. The load units may be tanker cars, box cars, and / or flatbed cars. Each load unit includes a traction motor (connected to one or more wheels of the load unit), an electrical energy storage system onboard the load unit for providing electrical power to the load unit traction motor; and a load unit engine onboard the load unit that provides charging electric energy to the electrical energy storage system. (Alternatively or in addition, the electrical energy storage system may be charged through dynamic braking.) In a train formed of only the locomotive(s) and load units, all rail vehicles of the train, even freight cars, provide tractive effort.

An exemplary parallel hybrid power filter apparatus for the electrified railway is described. The apparatus may include a group of LC reactive filter being purely tuned, an additional inductance, an active power filter and a coupling transformer. The active power filter may be controlled, e.g., as a current source in a composite control manner and can be connected in parallel to the additional inductance via the coupling transformer. The power filter can be connected to the reactive filter in series to form the parallel hybrid filtering system, and may be connected to the power grid via the circuit breaker or a thyristor. This exemplary system can be installed either in the traction substations or in the locomotives directly, or performed by ameliorating the original reactive filter. The active power filter does not add significant amount of cost, and may be simple and reliable in a control manner for the capacity of the APF is so small as to be less than one percent of that of the harmonics source. The power filter can also inhibit the impact of the “background harmonics” of the electrified railway on the reactive filter, and prevent the reactive filter and the grid impedance from resonance.

Power system and method for providing electrical power are provided. The system includes a traction system and auxiliary equipment coupled to a power bus. The traction system includes one or more electromotive machines having a first type of stator winding that provides protection relative to voltage spikes expected at the traction stator under a first voltage level appropriate for the traction system. The auxiliary equipment includes one or more electromotive machines having a second type of stator winding that provides protection relative to spikes expected at the auxiliary stator under a second voltage level lower than the first voltage level. Inverter circuitry is coupled to drive the auxiliary equipment, and signal-conditioning circuitry is provided to attenuate voltage spikes produced by the inverter circuitry. The power bus is operated at the first voltage level, and the voltage spike attenuation is sufficient to protect the auxiliary stator.

An automatic tuning method is developed for an energy storage system of the railway vehicle. The method comprises; an optimal tracking for voltage fluctuation in the overhead line voltage varying with hourly-basis, the voltage variation of the substation and railway vehicle operating pattern. The railway vehicle is automatically performed the tuning to maximize the energy storing efficiency. The railway vehicle can achieve the optimum operation for saving energy effectively by bidirectional DC / DC converter using regenerative energy of DC. The railway vehicle stably operates under the overhead line voltage fluctuation. The energy efficiency is maximized by charging / discharging energy while the power is tracking unstable, which is generated by utilizing natural energies such as wind or solar energy, in real time by applying an automatic tuning algorithm to an energy storage system which is applied to a smart grid or a micro grid that uses renewable energy as a primary energy source.

Method, apparatus and computer-readable code are provided for detecting a location of an incipient ground fault in an electrical propulsion system. The apparatus may include a sensor configured to sense a respective ground leakage signal associated with a ground of the propulsion system. The apparatus may further include a second sensor configured to sense a voltage difference across a positive rail and a negative rail of the direct current bus. A correlator is coupled to the first sensor to receive the ground leakage signal, and further coupled to receive at least one signal indicative of a respective energization state of a respective electrical phase for each respective one of the plurality of electrical devices. The correlator is configured to individually correlate the ground leakage signal with each received phase energization state signal, and supply an individual correlation signal between the received ground leakage signal and each received phase energization state signal. A processor is coupled to the correlator for processing each of the individual correlation signals supplied by the correlator and extracting a correlation value from the supplied correlation signals. The correlation value, when outside a threshold range, is indicative of an incipient ground fault in a respective phase of one of the plurality of electrical devices. A module is provided for dynamically adjusting the threshold range for detecting an incipient ground fault. The adjusting may be based on a magnitude and / or a rate of change of the magnitude of the sensed voltage difference across the positive and negative rails of the direct current bus.

Power system and method for providing electrical power are provided. The system includes a traction system and auxiliary equipment coupled to a power bus. The traction system includes one or more electromotive machines having a first type of stator winding that provides protection relative to voltage spikes expected at the traction stator under a first voltage level appropriate for the traction system. The auxiliary equipment includes one or more electromotive machines having a second type of stator winding that provides protection relative to spikes expected at the auxiliary stator under a second voltage level lower than the first voltage level. Inverter circuitry is coupled to drive the auxiliary equipment, and signal-conditioning circuitry is provided to attenuate voltage spikes produced by the inverter circuitry. The power bus is operated at the first voltage level, and the voltage spike attenuation is sufficient to protect the auxiliary stator.

A motor drive system 10-1 for a railway vehicle is capable of reducing the weight of wiring, electromagnetic noise, and manufacturing cost. The motor drive system includes an inverter 11. The inverter is configured to control a motor 13-1 and is divided into at least two separate inverter units that are arranged integrally with the motor.

Method, apparatus and computer-readable code for detecting an incipient ground fault. The apparatus includes a sensor for sensing a ground leakage signal. The apparatus further includes a correlator that receives the ground leakage signal, and at least one signal indicative of a respective energization state of a respective electrical phase for each of a plurality of electrical devices. The signal indicative of the respective energization state is modified during a time interval when a predetermined rate of change of voltage is expected. This rate of change is sufficient to cause an effect in the ground leakage signal. The correlator is configured to correlate the ground leakage signal with each received phase energization state signal, and supply a correlation signal. A processor is coupled for processing each of the individual correlation signals and extracting a correlation value from the supplied correlation signals that may be indicative of an incipient ground fault.

Method, apparatus and computer-readable code are provided for detecting a location of an incipient ground fault in an electrical propulsion system. The apparatus may include a sensor configured to sense a respective ground leakage signal associated with a ground of the propulsion system. The apparatus may further include a second sensor configured to sense a voltage difference across a positive rail and a negative rail of the direct current bus. A correlator is coupled to the first sensor to receive the ground leakage signal, and further coupled to receive at least one signal indicative of a respective energization state of a respective electrical phase for each respective one of the plurality of electrical devices. The correlator is configured to individually correlate the ground leakage signal with each received phase energization state signal, and supply an individual correlation signal between the received ground leakage signal and each received phase energization state signal. A processor is coupled to the correlator for processing each of the individual correlation signals supplied by the correlator and extracting a correlation value from the supplied correlation signals. The correlation value, when outside a threshold range, is indicative of an incipient ground fault in a respective phase of one of the plurality of electrical devices. A module is provided for dynamically adjusting the threshold range for detecting an incipient ground fault. The adjusting may be based on a magnitude and / or a rate of change of the magnitude of the sensed voltage difference across the positive and negative rails of the direct current bus.

The invention relates to a device (2) for limiting an overvoltage in the DC link (18) of a traction power converter. The inventive device (2) comprises two interruptible semiconductor switches (T7, T8) that are electrically connected in series, an inductor (48), a double-layer capacitor (50), and a resistor (54) which can be connected by means of a switch (S1). The inductor (48) and the double-layer capacitor (50) are electrically connected in series while said series connection is connected between an interconnection point (46) of the two interruptible semiconductor switches (T7, T8) and a negative conductor rail (20) of the DC link (18). Additionally, the connectable resistor (54) can be electrically connected parallel to the double-layer capacitor (50), resulting in a device which is structured in a particularly simple manner and by means of which overvoltages occurring in the DC link (18) of a traction power converter can be suppressed.

The invention discloses a method and system for controlling an auxiliary power supply system of a high-speed motor train unit and a high-speed motor train unit, wherein the method comprises the following steps of: firstly, acquiring closing states of circuit breakers among carriage groups of the high-speed motor train unit; carrying out interval grouping on traction auxiliary converters among thecarriage groups according to the closing stats of the circuit breakers; finally, starting the traction auxiliary converters in each interval group; in the process of starting the traction auxiliary converters in each interval group, one traction auxiliary converter in the same interval group is firstly controlled to be started, and then other traction auxiliary converters are controlled to be started at the same time, so that the aim of shortening the whole starting time of an auxiliary power supply system is achieved on the basis of avoiding the problem of phase-to-phase short circuit causedby the fact that the traction auxiliary converters are started at the same time.

The invention relates to the operation of an arrangement for supplying devices of a locomotive with electric energy. During normal operation of the arrangement, electric energy is converted from a DC voltage intermediate circuit (7) by at least one traction converter (9) in order to supply at least one drive engine (17) of the locomotive with electric energy. Furthermore, auxiliary systems (18) of the locomotive are supplied by an auxiliary converter (13) with electric energy from the DC voltage intermediate circuit (7). During extraordinary operation of the arrangement, electric energy from an AC voltage net is supplied to a transformer (14) of the arrangement by a AC voltage connection (21), the electric energy is transformed by the transformer (14) to a higher voltage level, the energythat was up-transformed is fed by the auxiliary converter into the DC voltage intermediate circuit (7) and at least one drive engine (17) of the locomotive is supplied with electric energy from the DC voltage intermediate circuit (7) by the traction converter (9).

In a controller for an AC electric train which can perform powering and regenerating operations and can detect any power failure on AC overhead wires for supplying the AC power, detection of any powerfailure on AC overhead wires is carried out quickly without fail. A power failure detector (14) provided on an electric train controller (8) includes a specific frequency signal arithmetic operationsection (16) which extracts a current component corresponding to a specific frequency setting value (26) from a main transformer output current detection signal (7) to output the extracted signal as aspecific frequency current signal (18), a subtracter (19) which subtracts the main transformer output current detection signal (7) from the specific frequency current signal (18) to output the subtraction result as a current deviation (20), and a power failure detection section (23) which compares the current deviation (20) with a specified power failure detection setting value (22) and outputs apower failure detection signal (15) when the current deviation (20) is greater than the power failure detection setting value (22).

The invention relates to a device for an electrically driven rail vehicle, comprising a circuit assembly (20), which can be connected to a traction unit (12) of the rail vehicle and - for the operation of the traction unit - to a railway network supply (22), an alternating-voltage mode, in which the circuit assembly (20) is connected to the railway network supply (22), which carries an alternative voltage, and a direct-voltage mode, in which the circuit assembly (20) is connected to the railway network supply (22), which carries a direct voltage, wherein the circuit assembly (20) has an active multipole (26), which is connected between the railway network supply (22) and the traction unit (12) as a voltage transforming device in the alternating-voltage mode, and has a compensation device (32), which, in the direct-voltage mode, is designed to counteract a noise component of a network current (N) drawn from the railway network supply (22) or generated by the traction unit (12) and flowing to the railway network supply (22). According to the invention, in order to provide a device for electrically driven rail vehicles that have an active multipole for operation in the alternating-voltage module, by means of which device a noise current compensation function can be implemented in the direct-voltage mode with little complexity, the compensation device (32) comprises at least one sensor unit (34) for detecting at least one network current characteristic (NK), the active multipole (26), and a control unit (36), which control unit is designed to control the active multipole (26) in dependence on the network current characteristic (NK).

Method, apparatus and computer-readable code are provided for detecting a location of an incipient ground fault in an electrical propulsion system of a relatively large land-based vehicle, such as a locomotive. The detection is performed essentially in real time and without interrupting operation of the electrical devices that make up the propulsion system (e.g., performed “on the fly”), and consequently there is virtually no degradation in the operational performance of the propulsion system.

Method, apparatus and computer-readable code are provided for detecting a location of an incipient ground fault in an electrical propulsion system. The apparatus may include a sensor configured to sense a respective ground leakage signal associated with a ground of the propulsion system. The apparatus may further include a compensator coupled to the sensor to combine the ground leakage signal and a compensation signal to generate a compensated ground leakage signal. A correlator is coupled to the compensator to receive the compensated ground leakage signal, and is further coupled to receive at least one signal indicative of a respective energization state of a respective electrical phase for each respective one of the plurality of electrical devices. The correlator is configured to individually correlate the compensated ground leakage signal with each received phase energization state signal, and supply an individual correlation signal between the compensated ground leakage signal and each received phase energization state signal. At least one characteristic of the compensation signal is configured to reduce effects expected in the ground leakage signal when a predetermined rate of change of voltage occurs. A processor is coupled to the correlator for processing each of the individual correlation signals supplied by the correlator and extracting a correlation value from the supplied correlation signals. The correlation value may be indicative of an incipient ground fault, if any, in a respective phase of one of the plurality of electrical devices.

Method, apparatus and computer-readable code are provided for detecting a location of an incipient ground fault in an electrical propulsion system. The apparatus may include a sensor configured to sense a respective ground leakage signal associated with a ground of the propulsion system. The apparatus may further include a compensator coupled to the sensor to combine the ground leakage signal and a compensation signal to generate a compensated ground leakage signal. A correlator is coupled to the compensator to receive the compensated ground leakage signal, and is further coupled to receive at least one signal indicative of a respective energization state of a respective electrical phase for each respective one of the plurality of electrical devices. The correlator is configured to individually correlate the compensated ground leakage signal with each received phase energization state signal, and supply an individual correlation signal between the compensated ground leakage signal and each received phase energization state signal. At least one characteristic of the compensation signal is configured to reduce effects expected in the ground leakage signal when a predetermined rate of change of voltage occurs. A processor is coupled to the correlator for processing each of the individual correlation signals supplied by the correlator and extracting a correlation value from the supplied correlation signals. The correlation value may be indicative of an incipient ground fault, if any, in a respective phase of one of the plurality of electrical devices.

A power conversion device formed of a converter for rectifying a single-phase AC voltage to a DC voltage and an inverter for driving an AC motor by converting the DC voltage to an AC voltage includes: a first compensation unit that uses a frequency component twice the frequency of the single-phase AC voltage with respect to the DC voltage outputted from the converter or a current outputted from the inverter as a compensation value for at least one of a torque command value, a current command value, a voltage command value, a frequency command value, and a phase angle command value; and a second compensation unit that uses the DC voltage outputted from the converter or a current outputted from the inverter after being subjected to low frequency cut-off processing and gain processing.

Method, apparatus and computer-readable code for detecting an incipient ground fault. The apparatus includes a sensor for sensing a ground leakage signal. The apparatus further includes a correlator that receives the ground leakage signal, and at least one signal indicative of a respective energization state of a respective electrical phase for each of a plurality of electrical devices. The signal indicative of the respective energization state is modified during a time interval when a predetermined rate of change of voltage is expected. This rate of change is sufficient to cause an effect in the ground leakage signal. The correlator is configured to correlate the ground leakage signal with each received phase energization state signal, and supply a correlation signal. A processor is coupled for processing each of the individual correlation signals and extracting a correlation value from the supplied correlation signals that may be indicative of an incipient ground fault.

A motor drive system 10-1 for a railway vehicle is capable of reducing the weight of wiring, electromagnetic noise, and manufacturing cost. The motor drive system includes an inverter 11. The inverter is configured to control a motor 13-1 and is divided into at least two separate inverter units that are arranged integrally with the motor.

A resonant inverter of a power supply for electric vehicle includes a first resonant capacitor and a switching element cutting off a current flowing in a resonant circuit and generates first alternating-current power from direct-current power. The transformer is included in a part of the resonant circuit, supplies the first alternating-current power generated by the resonant inverter to a first winding, and supplies second alternating-current power after conversion of the first alternating-current power to a load from a second winding. A control unit confines a difference between a resonant frequency of the resonant circuit and a switching frequency of the switching element to a predetermined range to cause that a current flowing in switching of the switching element to at least the first winding or the second winding is equal to or less than a predetermined value and to cause the resonant inverter to perform soft switching.

A self-cooled reactor apparatus includes: a pair of frames attached to a vehicular mount, a coil disposed between the pair of frames and fixed to the frames, a cover disposed between the pair of frames, and a protective member. The coil is covered by the cover having at least a portion thereof in which through-holes are formed. The protective member, while retaining a flow passage for air from the through-holes to the coil, blocks a space between the through-hole and the coil in a penetration direction of the through-holes.

The parallel mixed power filter for electrified railway includes pure tuning passive LC filter Zf, additional inductor La, active power filter APF and coupling transformer. By means of composite control mode, the active power filter APF is controlled as controlled current source and connected serially with the passive filter Zf via the parallel combination of the coupling transformer and the additional inductor La to constitute parallel mixed filter system, which is connected to power network via breaker or thyristor. The system may be installed in drawn transformer station or inside locomotive to inhibit the influence of 'background harmonic' to passive filter in electrified railway without resonance between the passive filter and the power network impedance.

An object of the present invention is to obtain a converter capable of suppressing instantaneous voltage fluctuations and outputting desired DC power with high accuracy. A power conversion unit 11 for power conversion of the supplied power; a smoothing filter 12 for smoothing the power converted by the power; a voltage detector 8 for detecting the voltage of the smoothed power; The output voltage of the voltage detector 8 becomes a desired voltage value, and the control unit 17 outputs a pulse signal for controlling the conduction ratio of the switching elements in the power conversion unit 11 . When the output voltage rises to the first predetermined voltage, the control unit 17 temporarily stops the power supply so that the output voltage from the voltage detector 8 does not exceed a desired voltage value and becomes an overvoltage, and when the power supply is stopped, when When the output voltage is lower than the second predetermined voltage, the power supply is restarted so that the output voltage from the voltage detector 8 does not drop below a desired voltage value and becomes a low voltage.