ULTRA HIGH SPEED (UHS) ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM AND MOBILE GENERATING PLANT. PART D.

AN AC ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM, CONSISTING OF A HIGH-SPEED GAS TURBINE AND DIRECT-COUPLED ALTERNATOR, STATIC FREQUENCY CONVERTERS, AND AC INDUCTION DRIVE MOTORS, DEMONSTRATED ITS FEASIBILITY IN AN OPERATIONAL SYSTEM. A FOUR-WHEEL EARTH-MOVING VEHICLE, PATTERNED AFTER THE U.S. ARMY UNIVERSAL ENGINEER TRACTOR, RUBBER TIRED, WAS USED AS THE TEST BED FOR THE ELECTRIC-DRIVE SYSTEM EVALUATION PROGRAM. SYSTEM OPERATION WAS EVALUATED IN STATIC DYNAMOMETER TESTING AND VEHICLE OPERATION OVER A TEST COURSE. A COMPUTERIZED PERFORMANCE PREDICTION PROGRAM WAS APPRAISED FOR ITS SUITABILITY AS A SYSTEM DESIGN TOOL BY COMPARING CALCULATED PLOTS WITH VEHICLE PERFORMANCE. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract DA-44-009-AMC-150(T) Rept No DA-1-C-622-001-A-012
• Corporate Authors:

  Allis, Louis Co

  /Power Electronics Ctr
  ,   United States 
• Publication Date: 1968-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 172 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternating current motors; Electric power; Evaluation; Feasibility analysis; High speed ground transportation; High speed vehicles; Information processing; Motors; Performance; Propulsion; Speed; Vehicle power plants
• Uncontrolled Terms: Propulsion systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224017
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1973 12:00AM