ELECTRIC TRACTION FOR RAIL-BOUND RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS

ANTRIEBSTECHNIK FUER DEN SCHIENENNAHVERKEHR

The development of electric traction equipment for tramways, light rapid transit and underground railways was greatly influenced in the last 20 years by semiconductor technology. This produced semiautomatic electronic running and braking controls, as well as the d.c. choppers and three-phase equipment. The d.c. chopper equipment permits continuous and low-loss control of motor voltage both for running and braking, with even good control of regenerative braking. With three-phase traction, the conventional d.c. motor is replaced by a maintenance-free squirrel-cage induction motor.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Schienenverkehr-Zukunft mit Vernunft, Fachvortr, Hamburg, Germany, June 12-14, 1979.
• Corporate Authors:

  VDE Verlag GmbH

  Bismarckstrasse 33
  1000 Berlin 12,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Wagner, R
  • Gathmann, H
  • Voss, U
• Publication Date: 1979

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 195-209
• Serial:
  • ETG-Fachberichte
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: VDE Verlag GmbH

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asynchronous motors; Choppers (Electricity); Direct current motors; Induction motors; Light rail vehicles; Rapid transit cars; Regenerative braking; Solid state devices; Traction drives
• Uncontrolled Terms: Propulsion systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Choppers; Solid state
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00322012
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 11 1981 12:00AM