ELECTRIC POWER DEMAND OF MULTI-VEHICLE AGT SYSTEMS

This paper describes a computerized model which calculates the power demand in a multi-vehicle guideway transit system. The purpose of the model is to find the total complex power demand from the electric utility at selected times and to find the voltage fluctuation at the individual vehicles. The model is also designed to show the impact of relocating the interconnections between the electric utility and the guideway system. The model is modular so that the guideway deployment and vehicle propulsion systems can be channelled. Preliminary results are given using a fleet of fifteen vehicles in a line-haul guideway deployment. The feasibility of an iterative Newton-Raphson solution to the resulting set of nonlinear simultaneous equations is demonstrated.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Twenty-ninth IEEE Vehicle Technology Conference, Conference Record Papers, Arlington Heights, Illinois, March 27-30, 1979.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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• Authors:
  • Williams, G H
  • Flanders, R
• Conference:
  • Twenty-ninth IEEE Vehicle Technology Conference, Conference Record Papers, Arlington Heights, Illinois, March 27-30, 1979.
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 196-199

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated guideway transit; Electric power; Electric power supply; Energy consumption; Guideways; Simulation; Transportation
• Subject Areas: Energy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00302181
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: IEEE 79CH1378-9VT Conf Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 15 1980 12:00AM