A PARAMETRIC COST STUDY OF AC-DC WAYSIDE POWER SYSTEMS

The wayside power system provides all the power requirements of an electric vehicle operating on a fixed guideway. For a given set of specifications there are numerous wayside power supply configurations which will be satisfactory from a technical standpoint. The purpose here is to determine among a set of technically feasible designs, the one which is most cost effective. The primary cost tradeoff used in this study is between power rails and substations. Included is a presentation of the major technical and cost characteristics of each and a means of parameterizing these quantities, a procedure for optimizing costs, identification of the principal characteristics of a cost effective solution, and a comparison of ac and dc wayside power systems. For purposes of illustration, numerical values and costs for the Tracked Levitated Research Vehicle and the wayside power rail at the High Speed Train Test Center at Pueblo, Colorado, are used.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared by Kusko (Alexander), Inc., Needham Heights, Mass.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Kusko (Alexander) Incorporated

  161 Highland Avenue
  Needham Heights, MA  United States  02194

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Rutishauser, H
  • Kusko, A
  • Barrett, M
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 136 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternating current; Cost effectiveness; Direct current; Electric circuits; Electric power supply; Electric railroads; Electric substations; Magnetic levitation vehicles; Railroad electrification; Railroad tracks; Third rail
• Identifier Terms: Transportation Technology Center
• Subject Areas: Energy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00143943
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-FRA-75-20 Final Rpt., FRA/ORD-76-24
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-203
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 1 1977 12:00AM