MULTIPLE CAR PERFORMANCE, AC PROPULSION PROJECT

In 1971 the Cleveland Transit System received a grant contract from the Department of Transportation's Urban Mass Transportation Administration to test, demonstrate and evaluate a solid state AC propulsion system on three rapid transit cars (Project OH-06-0006). The AC propulsion system was developed by the Westinghouse Air Brake Division, Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO), Wilmerding, Pa. This report is one of a series on various aspects of the project. To demonstrate general performance and applicability of the propulsion system, an on-board computer controlled data acquisition system was used to collect performance data. The data were reduced, analyzed, and plotted by computer. This report presents the performance data collected during the multiple car operation. The general performance characteristics are displayed by means of graphs plotted by computer from the raw data. Detailed discriptions of the data system and single car performance results are reported separately in UMTA-OH-06-0006-73-1 and UMTA-OH-06-0006-73-3 respectively.

• Corporate Authors:

  Cleveland Transit System

  1404 East 9th Street
  Cleveland, OH  United States  44114
• Authors:
  • Cymbor, W P
  • Smith, R D
• Publication Date: 1974-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 49 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternating current motors; Choppers (Electricity); Electric power; Electrical systems; Propulsion; Rapid transit cars; Solid state devices; Traction drives
• Identifier Terms: Cleveland Transit System
• Uncontrolled Terms: Propulsion systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Choppers; Solid state
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080359
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-OH-06-0006-74-2Tech. Rpt.
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 11 1981 12:00AM