| 09:30 |
Registration and refreshments |
| 10:15 |
Introduction to the Course by the Course Chairman
Martin Lilley, Consultant , UK |
| 10:30 |
Overview of Electric Railway Systems and Calculating Train Performance
Dr Colin Goodman, University of Birmingham , UK |
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- Choice of AC or DC supply
- Features of AC and DC supply arrangements
- AC and DC traction motors
- Power electronic controller configurations for AC-fed/AC or DC driven and DC-fed/AC or DC driven rolling stock
- Principal concerns of interference and compatibility
- Basic equations of motion
- Effective mass
- Adhesion and distributed traction
- Uses of simulation
- Energy consumption vs speed trade-off
- Coasting and regeneration to save energy
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| 12.20 |
Review session |
| 12.30 |
Lunch |
| 13:30 |
Power Collection Systems
David Hartland, Brecknell Willis and Co, UK |
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- Overhead collection systems
- Low-level collection systems
- Conductor rails - types and fittings
- Layout of fixed equipment
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| 14:30 |
DC and AC Traction Motors
Toby Nicholson, Tubelines, UK |
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Tbc |
| 15:30 |
Refreshments |
| 15:45 |
Traction System Case Study
Lars Buhrkall, Consultant , Denmark |
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- Specifying a traction system to meet customer requirements
- Overall system design
- Basic conflicts and trade-offs
- Electrical interference considerations.
- Testing and performance verification
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| 16:35 |
Review session |
| 17:00 |
Session close |
| 19:00 |
Course Dinner at The Manchester Museum of Science and Industry |
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