INCREASING THE POWER SYSTEM CAPACITY OF THE 50 KV BLACK MESA AND LAKE POWELL RAILROAD THROUGH HARMONIC FILTERING AND SERIES COMPENSATION

A 50 kV electrified railroad must be uprated to double its hauling capacity without additional substations or transmission line. Careful analysis of the power supply requirements for rectifier drives produces a filtered, compensated system having more than twice the former capability. A transient network analyzer is used to evaluate the overall system and to model the train performance. Field measurements confirm the design expectations.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • IEEE Power Eng Soc, Summer Meeting, Los Angeles, California, July 16-21, 1978.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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• Authors:
  • BURKE, J J
  • Engel, A P
  • Gilligan, S R
  • Mincer, N A
• Publication Date: 1978

Media Info

• Pagination: 7 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric power supply; Electric substations; Network analysis; Railroad electrification
• Identifier Terms: Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad
• Subject Areas: Energy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00184956
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper A 78 532-3 Preprint
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 13 1979 12:00AM