ENERGY MANAGEMENT OF TRACTION POWER SUBSTATIONS ON THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM

The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Light Rail System (LRT) is unique among all other Light Rail Transit Systems in North America because it employs a real time Energy Management Demand Metering System (EMS) to monitor and control traction power load. This system has been provided to reduce the cost impacts of demand billing imposed by the local electric utility. The EMS monitors and controls the energy consumption and load demand of each substation, performs load-forecasting calculations, and initiates commands to control the power contributions from the thyristor controlled rectifier (TCR) substations. The ability to monitor and control the traction substation minimum and maximum KW demand by load shifting is fundamental in making the DART EMS system a cost effective energy management solution.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Features: References;
  • Pagination: p. 196-200
  • Monograph Title: RAIL TRANSIT CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00794420
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Jun 28 2000 12:00AM