ENERGY ECONOMICS THROUGH SOLID-STATE POWER CONVERSION

Energy savings of around 30 per cent can be achieved on rapid transit systems through the use of thyristor choppers and blended regenerative/rheostatic braking schemes. In a.c. traction scope for energy saving through the use of thyristors is more limited, but replacement of rotary machines by solid state frequency converters reduces substation losses by up to 40 per cent.

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  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Authors:
  • Bjerkehagen, O
  • Kollberg, B
• Publication Date: 1973-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 459-461
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 129
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adhesion; Electric locomotives; Electric power conditioning; Energy consumption; Locomotives; Propulsion; Rapid transit; Technology; Thyristors; Train track dynamics; Vehicle power plants
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• Old TRIS Terms: Propulsion controls; Thyristor control
• Subject Areas: Energy; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00051384
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Gazette International
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1981 12:00AM