<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The first part of this paper presents a comparison of the measured and simulated results of the load variability of rectifier units of a tram traction substation. The subject of the tests was a power supply substation for the contact line of a tramway, the profile and traffic of which was known. After a positive appraisal of the applied simulation method, an assessment of the range of load variability for the rectifier units took place for a hypothetical situation involving the concentrated disposition (layout) of the traction substations (so-called micro-substations). The results acquired under the described circumstances are presented in the second part of this paper.</p></abstract>

The first part of this paper presents a comparison of the measured and simulated results of the load variability of rectifier units of a tram traction substation. The subject of the tests was a power supply substation for the contact line of a tramway, the profile and traffic of which was known. After a positive appraisal of the applied simulation method, an assessment of the range of load variability for the rectifier units took place for a hypothetical situation involving the concentrated disposition (layout) of the traction substations (so-called micro-substations). The results acquired under the described circumstances are presented in the second part of this paper.

The range of load variability of rectifier units with a concentrated disposition of tram substations as exemplified by a real tram line

Department of Traction and Traffic Control, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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The first part of this paper presents a comparison of the measured and simulated results of the load variability of rectifier units of a tram traction...

The range of load variability of rectifier units with a concentrated disposition of tram substations as exemplified by a real tram line

Published Online: May 23, 2020

Page range: 133 - 147

Received: Oct 29, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.168.9424

Keywords
tram traction substation, traction load variability, traction micro-substation

© 2018 Dominik Oćwieja et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

The range of load variability of rectifier units with a concentrated disposition of tram substations as exemplified by a real tram line

Published Online: May 23, 2020

Page range: 133 - 147

Received: Oct 29, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.168.9424

Keywordstram traction substation, traction load variability, traction micro-substation

© 2018 Dominik Oćwieja et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
tram traction substation, traction load variability, traction micro-substation