Electric locomotive is a kind of high power rectifier load, and its load characteristics will have a significant impact to safe, stable and economic operation of power system. This paper mainly analyses load characteristics of harmonic and reactive power for electric locomotive. Simulation model of electric locomotive is set up based on time trigger; it is so better conform to the dynamic chara...

With the application of the articulated phase insulator, and the speed of electric locomotive rising, it is inevitable for the electric locomotive to adopt the technology automatic passing through the electric phase separation. However, when the locomotive passes the electric phase separation, a variety of overvoltages will be generated, such as the cut-off overvoltage and the closing overvolta...

Electric traction system uses voltage source inverter technology for three phase electric locomotives. This paper proposes Z source inverters to control the speed of locomotive drives. The acceleration region and free running region of operation of locomotive is considered for analysis. The control strategy for Z source inverter used is simple boost control. The speed control method for tractio...

In 2014, more than 43 cities in China were racing to construct their urban rail systems (including metro and light rail systems), recognizing that an urban rail system will be a good solution to the tough problems that they are faced with, including traffic congestion and PM2.5 air pollution. On 22 August 2012, the first electric double-layer capacitor (EDLC) energy storage-type rail vehicle in...

This paper present review of the auxiliary systems used in diesel-electrical locomotive. Moreover, the paper presents a brief comparison of two diesel-electric shunting locomotives used in Estonian rail roads nowadays.