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      <title>RAPID TRANSIT PROPULSION SYSTEMS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[DATA ARE PRESENTED CONCERNING THREE CHOPPER-CONTROLLED DC PROPULSION SYSTEMS FROM A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF EACH PROPULSION SYSTEM, AND A DESCRIPTION OF INDUCED RIPPLE CAUSED BY COMBINATIONS OF THE THREE SYSTEMS. PERFORMANCE, INTERFERENCE, AND ENERGY-CONSUMPTION TESTS WERE CONDUCTED ON THE SERIES CHOPPER SYSTEM, THE SHUNT-RESISTANCE CHOPPER SYSTEM, AND THE SEPARATELY EXCITED DC CHOPPER SYSTEM. FAST RESPONSE AND MINIMUM DEAD TIMES ARE PRIME PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES OF BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT (BART) FOR ANY PROPULSION SYSTEM TO BE OPERATED UNDER PRECISE AUTOMATIC CONTROL. ALL SYSTEMS TESTED EXHIBITED AN EXCESSIVE VALUE OF DEAD TIME IN ONE OR MORE AREAS WHICH IS INHERENT TO THE BASIC DESIGN. JERK CONTROL WHICH IS IDEALLY A PURE RAMP FUNCTION, PROVED TO BE SLIGHTLY INCONSISTENT ON ALL THREE SYSTEMS. THE SERIES-CHOPPER AND SEPARATELY EXCITED SYSTEMS CLOSELY APPROXIMATED THE DESIRED RAMP FUNCTION, BUT APPEARED TO INCREASE THE JERK VALUE AS TRACTIVE-EFFORT DEMAND WAS INCREASED. THE SHUNT-CHOPPER SYSTEM EXHIBITED EXCESSIVE INSTANTANEOUS JERK VALUES DURING THE BUILD UP OF POWER AND THE BUILD UP OF DYNAMIC BRAKE. ACCELERATION AND BREAKING RATES WERE GENERALLY WITHIN THE ACCEPTABLE LIMITS FOR ALL SYSTEMS. OSCILLOSCOPE MEASUREMENT OF CHOPPER-INDUCED RIPPLE ON THE COLLECTOR POWER SUPPLY RAIL INDICATES THAT TWO OF THE THREE SYSTEMS ARE GENERALLY WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS. HOWEVER, REFLECTED INTERFERENCE IS DIRECTLY DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT OF FILTERING INCLUDED IN THE POWER CIRCUIT AND THE FREQUENCY AT WHICH THE CHOPPER OPERATES. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE GENERAL PROBLEM OF RIPPLE AND INTERFERENCE IS CRITICAL TO TROUBLE-FREE OPERATION OF VEHICLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, AUTOMATIC-CONTROL SYSTEMS, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS. POWER CONSUMPTION OF EACH SYSTEM UNDER TEST WAS MEASURED OVER THE SAME TEST ROUTE OF PROGRAMMED SPEED LIMITS, ACCELERATION RATES, AND KNOWN DISTANCE. TEST RESULTS INDICATE LOWER VALUE OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION PER CAR MILE THAN HAD BEEN ANTICIPATED. THIS INDICATES THAT HIGH VALUES OF SYSTEM EFFICIENCY WERE PRIME FACTORS IN THE DESIGN OF EACH SYSTEM.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 1994 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>APPLICATION OF A SHUNT MOTOR AND A 2 CYLINDER GASOLINE AS A HYBRID DRIVE FOR AN AUTOMOBILE</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The application of a shunt motor and a 2 cylinder gasoline engine as a hybrid drive for an automobile is described.  A drawing of the drive train and the control system is presented.  The operation of the vehicle is described from a theoretical and an empirical view point.  Test results are presented from a mileage, pollution and public opinion point of view.  Failures and hazards are described.  Extensions to future vehicles are made.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 1977 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>APPLICATION OF TWO-PHASE DC CHOPPER MOTOR DRIVE</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[THE EXPERIMENTAL SOLID-STATE CONTROLLER DEVELOPED BY THE U.S. ARMY MOBILITY EQUIPMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER IS DISCUSSED.  WHEN OPERATING FROM A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE CELL, THIS EXPERIMENTAL TWO-PHASE, PHASE SEQUENTIALLY-SWITCHED DC CHOPPER IS ABLE TO OPERATE TWO DC SERIES FIELD MOTORS WITH A SINGLE CONTROL MECHANISM FROM ZERO TO FULL SPEED.  THIS RESULTS IN A PEAK POWER PROPULSION PROFILE HERETOFORE NOT CONSIDERED FEASIBLE IN TERMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENT AND SUBSYSTEM POWER RATING.  A POWER PROCESSOR FOR SHUNT FIELD MOTORS IS ALSO DESCRIBED WHICH CAN PROVIDE IDENTICAL PROPULSION CHARACTERISTICS THROUGH STORAGE OF KINETIC ENERGY IN A HIGH-SPEED FLYWHEEL.  /DOT/]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 1973 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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