System considerations for heavy haul diesel-electric locomotives with three phase traction motors

Author

Becker, R.W. ; Boggess, J.S.

Author_Institution

Three Phase Traction Dev., La Grange, IL, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

17-19 Apr 1990

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

24

Abstract

A locomotive transmission study has been performed to determine the requirements and design of new three-phase traction drive components for independent bogie control on a six-axle freight locomotive. System considerations that affect locomotive high tractive effort capability and component ratings were investigated using computer models of the traction drive components. These include traction motor load sharing due to wheel-rail friction creep conditions, bogie weight shift, motor torque-speed characteristics, and wheel-diameter variations. The methodology, results and conclusions of the study are presented in detail

Keywords

diesel-electric locomotives; electric motors; traction; 3-phase traction motors; 6-axle freight locomotive; bogie weight shift; component ratings; computer models; heavy haul diesel-electric locomotives; independent bogie control; motor load sharing; motor torque-speed characteristics; tractive effort capability; wheel-diameter variations; wheel-rail friction creep; Circuits; Commutation; DC motors; Induction motors; Inverters; Power engineering and energy; Power system modeling; Thyristors; Traction motors; Wheels;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Railroad Conference, 1990., Technical Papers Presented at the 1990 ASME/IEEE Joint

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RRCON.1990.171656

Filename

171656