Computer Evaluation of Controlled Pantographs for Current Collection From Simple Catenary Overhead Equipment at High Speed

1983 ◽  
Vol 105 (4) ◽  
pp. 287-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Vinayagalingam
Keyword(s):  
Contact Force ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Overhead Line ◽  
Combined System ◽  
Current Collection ◽  
Constant Height ◽  
Force Profile ◽  
Force Variation ◽  
Computer Simulation Technique

A digital computer simulation technique is used to study the effects of changing pantograph characteristics upon the quality of current collection from simple catenary overhead equipment at high speed. In particular, the likely benefits to be derived by the use of controlled pantographs are assessed. Pantograph performance is judged on the basis of contact force variation and displacement responses of pantograph and contact wire. These studies have shown that the dynamic displacements of the combined system are determined primarily by the overhead line parameters rather than by the pantograph. At higher speeds droppers in the vicinity of the pantograph slacken and this is seen to influence significantly the contact force profile. On a “constant height” overhead line, the proposed “frame compensated” and “panhead inertia compensated” pantographs do not show any marked improvement in the quality of current collection.

Active Control of Fuzzy for High-Speed Pantograph

2012 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 158-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gang Yang ◽  
Zhong Mei Dai ◽  
Fu Li ◽  
Zheng Zhi Luo
Keyword(s):  
Active Control ◽  
Contact Force ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Fuzzy Controller ◽  
Current Collection ◽  
Maximum Value ◽  
Dynamic Performances ◽  
Catenary System ◽  
The Impact

The regular current collection is very important for high-speed train， and can be obviously improved by the use of active control. In order to study the impact of the fuzzy active control on pantograph-catenary system, the model ohe simulation model is created with the software of simulink. Finally the influences of fuzzy active control on dynamic performances and quality of current collection of the pantograph-catenary system are analyzed. It seems that, the performances of the system with or without active control is established, the fuzzy controller is constructed, and tf the pantograph- catenary system can be improved obviously under the fuzzy active control, the maximum value of the contact force is reduced to 50 percent, the minimum is increased to 80 percent, and the fluctuation extent of the contact force is reduced to 70 percent.

Impact of overhead line irregularity on current collection and diagnostics based on the measurement of pantograph dynamics

2007 ◽  
Vol 221 (4) ◽  
pp. 547-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Collina ◽  
F Fossati ◽  
M Papi ◽  
F Resta
Keyword(s):  
Direct Measurement ◽  
Contact Force ◽  
Estimation Procedure ◽  
Overhead Line ◽  
Large Database ◽  
Contact Wire ◽  
Current Collection ◽  
Train Speed ◽  
The One

As train speed increases, contact wire irregularity affects the quality of current collection more and more. The possibility of achieving the maximum operating speed depends also on the maintenance level of the overhead line (OHL). In the present paper, the influence of contact wire irregularity (in terms of vertical deviation of its position) is investigated both experimentally and by means of numerical simulation of the dynamic interaction of pantograph and catenary. In a first step, the capability of the simulation to reproduce the effect of a singularity in the contact wire height along the line has been tested by comparison with available experimental results. The same model has been subsequently used to perform numerical experiments concerning the effects of several types of distributed defects on the catenary. Afterwards, considering the data generated with the simulation as experimental data, a procedure to find the signature in terms of the contact force of the considered distributed defects on the OHL has been proposed. In this procedure, the contact force is not measured, but estimated from the motion of the pantograph, by means of an application of the extended Kalman filter. The adoption of an estimation procedure for the contact force, instead of a direct measurement, would allow the installation of a measurement system that is much simpler than the one required for the direct measurement of contact force. For this feature, it could be installed, at least in principle, on ordinary trains, allowing to perform an extensive monitoring and diagnostic activity with a large database.

Effect of Design Changes in Railway Catenary-Pantograph Systems on Power Collection at High Speed

1968 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 680-689
Author(s):  
R. T. Gray ◽  
S. Levy ◽  
J. A. Bain ◽  
E. J. Leclerc
Keyword(s):  
Contact Force ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Department Of Transportation ◽  
High Speeds ◽  
Design Changes ◽  
Force Variation ◽  
Suitable System ◽  
The U.S

Using a GE-635 computer program developed for the U.S. Department of Transportation, a study has been made of the effect of changes in the catenary-pantograph system on the quality of power collection at high speeds. The study explored the effect of: (a) Sag between towers, (b) pantograph spacing, (c) stiffness of the tower support, (d) damping and stiffness of the pantograph, (e) stiffness of the contact spring, (f) dropper stiffness, (g) dropper spacing. It was found that all of these have a significant effect on the constancy of the contact force between catenary and pantograph. By proper choice of system constants, the contact force variation can be substantially reduced. A basis is provided for selecting suitable system constants for a given range of operating conditions.

Measuring Model of Dynamic Contact Force

2012 ◽  
Vol 503-504 ◽  
pp. 1614-1618
Author(s):  
Zhong Guo Sun ◽  
Xiang Dong Li ◽  
Wei Dong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Contact Force ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Dynamic Contact ◽  
Overhead Line ◽  
Mass Correction

There are no systematic studies reported on measuring model of dynamic contact force between pantograph and overhead line. Keep this in view, the high-speed measuring model of dynamic contact force between pantograph and overhead line is discussed in details in this article. Based on the analysis of forces acting on the pantograph, measuring model of dynamic contact force is constructed with the mass correction and aerodynamic compensation. The results of verifying running test are given in the end of article to show that the measuring model is effective practically.

Active Control of a High-Speed Pantograph

1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. N. O’Connor ◽  
S. D. Eppinger ◽  
W. P. Seering ◽  
D. N. Wormley
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Model ◽  
Active Control ◽  
Contact Force ◽  
High Speed ◽  
High Speed Train ◽  
Single Measurement ◽  
Force Variation ◽  
Catenary System ◽  
And Performance ◽  
And Control

The design and performance of an active controller for a pantograph which collects current for a high-speed train are considered. A dynamic model of the pantograph/catenary system is described and control objectives are established. A design which incorporates a frame-actuated controller and requires only a single measurement is described. Over an array of train speeds, the contact force variation with the actively controlled pantograph is 50 percent less than for the equivalent passive pantograph system.

Considerations on Dynamic Contact Force with Catenary for the EP3 Pantograph

2015 ◽  
Vol 809-810 ◽  
pp. 1121-1126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioan Sebeşan ◽  
Sorin Arsene
Keyword(s):  
Contact Pressure ◽  
Contact Force ◽  
Contact Line ◽  
Power Supply ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Dynamic Contact ◽  
The Body ◽  
Vertical Movements ◽  
Current Collection ◽  
Force Variation

Power supply the energy needed for locomotives and electric trains is performed by means of pantographs on the bodywork. These high performance producing vehicles in so far as the contact between the collector (pantograph) and the catenary (contact line) is achieved and maintained regardless of speed. Thanks to the constructive type of the pantograph and the location of the contact force varies in relation to speed and can give rise to phenomena of oscillators that enhances the vertical movements of the wire feeder. As such the problem is essential for a good current collection is dynamic in nature. The most favorable way of current collection is achieved when between full and contact wire can maintain contact through a permanent and constant contact, a situation difficult to achieve in practice because of the first bump of the contact line. Juddering movements in vehicle while walking to a modification of the contact pressure which, however, it was found that is negligible in relation to the wave-like movements of the contact line. This article has looked at what is the dynamic contact force variation where the pantograph is located on the body of the locomotive EP3 LE 060 EA of 5100 kW. For this I started from the constructive characteristics of the components of the pantograph.

scholarly journals Analysis of Effect of Pantograph Cover on the Current Collection Quality of High Speed Train using Real Train Experiment

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-416
Author(s):  
Hyuck Keun Oh ◽  
Seogwon Kim ◽  
Yong-hyun Cho ◽  
Minho Kwak ◽  
Sam Young Kwon
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
High Speed Train ◽  
Current Collection

scholarly journals Effect of Pantograph’s Main Structure on the Contact Quality in High-Speed Railway

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Jiangwen Wang ◽  
Guiming Mei
Keyword(s):  
Contact Force ◽  
Structural Design ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Dynamic Contact ◽  
Sine Series ◽  
High Speed Railway ◽  
Main Structure ◽  
Current Collection ◽  
Relative Coordinates

In general, the electrical energy is provided to the high-speed train through the pantograph-catenary sliding contact. The variation of the dynamic contact force is expected to be small enough to keep the good current collection quality and to extend the service life of the pantograph-catenary system. In this paper, the two tension wires of the catenary are discretized by the sine-series expansions, a multibody dynamics theory based on relative coordinates is adopted to describe the dynamic behavior of the pantograph, and the standard deviation (STD) of dynamic contact force is used as the indicator to evaluate the contact quality. The objective is to investigate how the variations of the pantograph’s main structure influence the contact quality, which may support the structural design and parameter optimization of the pantograph in high-speed railway.

Influence of Dropper Spacing on Quality of Pantograph-Catenary Current Collection

2014 ◽  
Vol 654 ◽  
pp. 78-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei Li Yu ◽  
Wen Zheng Liu ◽  
Jian Zhang ◽  
Cai Ying Yan
Keyword(s):  
Contact Force ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Contact Wire ◽  
Current Collection ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Stability

Elasticity variations in railway overhead contact line would lead to the fluctuation of contact force between pantograph and contact wire and produce a negative effect on the stability of current collection. Dropper distribution is one of the key factors affecting the elasticity of the contact wire. In this paper, the influence of dropper spacing on elasticity and quality of current collection have been studied using finite element analysis method by simulation. By analyzing the changes of elasticity value and contact force under different conditions of dropper distribution, the effect laws of dropper spacing on the contact wire elasticity and the quality of current collection under the speeds of 300km/h, 350km/h and 400km/h have been obtained.

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