| Title |
Design and Assessment of DC Traction Power Supply System for Light Rail Transit |
| Authors |
Byung-San Baek ; Jae-Chul Kim ; Jong-Fil Moon ; Joon-Ho Choi |
| Keywords |
DC-feeding-traction system ; nodal equation ; iterative method ; computer-based simulation ; Light Rail Transit |
| Abstract |
For the design of DC traction power supply system at new Light Rail Transit(LRT) construction, it is very important to determine system configuration, location and power capacity of substation. However, a LRT system consists of a number of subsystems such as train movement, power supply and traction drives, which inevitably contains many complexities and diversities. The objective of this paper is to clarify and systematize the design procedure and its assessment for the electrification system of a LRT line. This paper discusses in detail our approach to system design and its assessment. The whole DC-feeding network configuration, characteristics of a train, and design method of substation arrangements is thoroughly investigated for the design. As a result of the investigations, the design procedure is clarified and systematized, and a computer program for the design and evaluation of the system is developed using the most suitable iterative method with nodal equation. To verify the proposed design and its assessment procedure, case studies for the DC traction power supply system of a planed Korean LRT line are performed. |