Power supply of electric railways

Aim:

• impartation of basics of railway power supply

Content:

• railway energy supply systems
• central railway energy supply
• decentralized railway energy supply
• single-phase-synchronous generator
• asynchronous-synchronous-converter
• synchronous-synchronous-converter
• parallel operation of substations
• converters for railway energy supply
• voltage drop in the contact line systems
• approximated determination of sizes (substation distances, maximum voltage drops)
• contact line circuits
• contact line protection

Time:

• 5. and 6. semester

Extent:

• 6 SWS (3/0/0)+(1/2/0)