ENGINEERING TESTS FOR ENERGY STORAGE CARS AT THE TRANSPORTATION TEST CENTER. VOLUME II. PERFORMANCE POWER CONSUMPTION AND RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE TESTS

The primary purpose of the tests documented herein was to demonstrate the principles and feasibility of an energy-storage-type propulsion system, and its adaptability to an existing car design. The test program comprised four phases of tests on two New York City Transit Authority R-32 cars where propulsion system was replaced by an energy storage system. The four test phases were: verification of safe arrival, debugging procedures, performance verification tests, and expanded test program. This report contains test data collected during the performance verification and expanded test program phases.

• Record URL:
  • https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/engineering-tests-energy-storage-cars-transportation-test-center-volume-ii-performance
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Available in set of 4 reports PC E10, PB-269400-PB-269403. See also RRIS 04 167925, the first volume in RRIS Bulletin 7801 and Volumes III and IV, RRIS 04 167926-167927 respectively.
• Corporate Authors:

  AiResearch Manufacturing Company

  2525 West 190th Street
  Torrance, CA  United States  90509

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • CURRAN, W T
• Publication Date: 1977-5

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 112 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communications; Electromagnetic interference; Energy consumption; Energy storage systems; Flywheels; Propulsion; Rapid transit cars; Testing; Vehicle power plants
• Identifier Terms: New York City Transit Authority
• Uncontrolled Terms: Propulsion systems
• Subject Areas: Energy; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167926
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-UMTA-77-6-2 Final Rpt., UMTA-MA-06-0025-77-3
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-838-2
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 16 1981 12:00AM