Measurement of the internal impedance of traction rails at 50 Hz

Author

Mariscotti, A. ; Pozzobon, P.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ingegneria Elettrica, Genoa Univ., Italy

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

338

Abstract

The electrical behaviour of sample steel traction rails is analysed considering the resistance and inductance (both external and internal). Measurements are performed on two rails arrangements at different current levels (up to nearly 2 kA) at 50 Hz and over an extended frequency range (50 Hz to 100 kHz) at low currents, so that skin effect and saturation phenomena are clearly visible. Great accordance with the results obtained using Carson´s formulae is experienced

Keywords

electric resistance measurement; inductance measurement; railways; skin effect; traction; 2 kA; 50 Hz to 100 kHz; Carson´s formulae; electric resistance; extended frequency range; inductance; internal impedance measurement; loop circuit; low currents; rail-to-rail separation; saturation phenomena; skin effect; steel traction rails; Current measurement; Electric resistance; Electric variables measurement; Electrical resistance measurement; Frequency measurement; Impedance measurement; Inductance measurement; Performance evaluation; Rails; Steel;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1999. IMTC/99. Proceedings of the 16th IEEE

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5276-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.1999.776772

Filename

776772