The invention discloses an
electric energy regulation device and method for electrified railways. The
electric energy regulation device is in bridging connection between two power supply arms of a
traction transformer. The
electric energy regulation device comprises isolation transformers, single-phase back-to-back PWM
converters, an energy conversion circuit, an
energy storage element and a
control unit. The
control unit carries out calculation according to voltages, currents and directions of the power supply arms alpha and beta and completes control over the PWM
converters and the energy conversion circuit. Consequently, energy conversion between the power supply arms alpha and beta and the energy conversion between the
energy storage element and the power supply arm alpha or the power supply arm beta can be achieved. The electric
energy regulation device is capable of fully recycling and utilizing braking feedback electric energy of a locomotive through transfer, storage and release of the electric energy, improves the energy
utilization rate of a tractive power supply
system, reduces the installation billing capacity of a
traction transformer, can deal with the negative sequence, idle work and
harmonic waves of a
traction substation, avoids traction force losses and speed losses, caused by electric phase separation, of a
train and can also have the effects of
peak load shaving and
voltage stabilization and can be used as an emergency power supply.