The technical feasibility of a rapid rail car operating from a 3-phase, 4160-v, 60-Hz source and using alternating current traction motors and solid-state power conversion devices was successfully demonstrated. The system: Operated at speeds to 82 mph; accelerated and decelerated in excess of 2.8 mphps; demonstrated infinitely variable motoring and braking control; demonstrated regenerative braking by returning 25 percent of the energy to the supply for a 2.3 mile, 45-mph average speed run.


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    Title :

    A-C Propulsion System for Bartd Rail Car Application


    Publication date :

    1967


    Size :

    141 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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