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.
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Corporate Authors:
American Public Transportation Association
1666 K Street, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC United States 20006 -
Authors:
- Chappell, R E
- Sanders, M
- GRIFFITHS, M
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Conference:
- Rail Transit Conference, 2000
- Location: St. Louis Missouri
- Date: 2000-6-10 to 2000-6-15
- Publication Date: 2000
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 196-200
- Monograph Title: RAIL TRANSIT CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Electric power supply; Electric substations; Electric utilities; Light rail transit; Load shifting; Power output; Rapid transit; Traction
- Uncontrolled Terms: Energy management systems
- Geographic Terms: Dallas (Texas)
- Subject Areas: Energy; Freight Transportation; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00794420
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 28 2000 12:00AM