Maintaining the proven structure of the propulsion system of the Transrapid, its components are optimized in a development program. The goal is to meet the requirements of future commercial lines. In the paper, the current status of the development is described. Originally the Transrapid was designed for long distance applications. In recent years applications as an airport link have been discussed increasingly (e.g. airport connector Munich). For these applications but also to stay at the state of the art for long distance applications (e.g. Shanghai - Hangzhou) the whole system Transrapid including its subsystems has to be modified. Therefore but also to improve the economic efficiency of the Transrapid, the German Federal Ministry of Transportation, Building and Urban Affairs (BMVBS) has started a Further Development Program, called WEP. The new features which will be realized in the WEP topics 'Segment overlap' and 'Safe stopping segments' are presented in the paper. In the context of the WEP topic 'Standardized converter Unit', the conducted developments were demonstrated both on the new 'ML2' converter power section itself and on the peripheral components. Moreover, the final commissioning results were presented. In the same manner, the basic approach was outlined for the topic of 'Innovation of the propulsion control system'. It was made clear that the activities aimed at innovation of the hardware platform are largely determined by the development of the associated software. Moreover, and in addition to the choice of the hardware platform, special hardware modules are required to implement time-critical closed-loop control tasks. Given these WEP-developments, the propulsion system is well-equipped to meet the challenges of projects both for short and long distances. The developments will be used in the next projects, i.e. probably for the Shanghai-Hangzhou line and the airport link in Munich.
Optimization of the Transrapid Propulsion system
Optimierung der Transrapid-Antriebstechnik
2006
11 Seiten, 7 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 3 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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