Diagnostics of Electrical Connections of Electric Traction Network

Increased freight turnover on railway transport inevitably leads to increased traction current in DC and AC traction power supply systems. The increase in traction current is already causing problems related to the normal operation of the 25 kV AC traction power supply systems. One of the adverse consequences of the increased traction currents is the increased rail-to-ground potential. This has already caused a number of accidents and related traffic interruptions on the Far Eastern Railway of Russia and other railway sections powered with alternating current. The study considers the problem of increased rail-to-ground potentials and provides basic formulae for calculating the wave parameters of the rail network and rail-to-ground potentials. Various methods are given for calculating rail-to-ground potentials for a 25 kV AC traction power supply system. Since in an alternating current system, expressions for calculating the potential are functions of a complex variable, the calculation of such expressions requires the use of special programs. Adaptation of existing methods to modern software and computing systems allows you to optimize and significantly speed up the process of calculating the “rail-to-ground” potentials, either considering the use of certain potential-reducing measures or not. A calculation method includes an algorithm developed for calculating the rail-to-ground potentials in the 25 kV AC traction power supply system for an inter-substation zone of any length with any number of electric locomotives within the zone.

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Current Issues to Diagnose Electric Connections of the Traction Energy System

Ignatenko

Vlasenko

2021

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Currently, the task is to increase the capacity of the Russian Far Eastern Railway in the direction of ports on the Pacific Coast. This causes a significant increase in loads in the traction energy system, and under such conditions, the serviceability of the electric power infrastructure is crucial to ensure. In this regard, the stability of operation can be increased by improving the monitoring and diagnostics systems of the traction network elements. One of these elements is the electrical connection which has always been the most sensitive in the power grid. Therefore, the identification of factors that affect its failure, as well as the logic in maintenance and repair are relevant and significant not only for railway networks but for the electric power industry as a whole.

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Diagnostics of Electrical Connections of Electric Traction Network

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