Emergency Control Systems in the Uninterrupted Traction Power Supply of Subways

Abstract: Traction dc power supply systems with a traditional feed voltage of 825 V are part of the basic transport infrastructure of metropolitan cities. The development of electrified railroads has resulted in the mainstream use of these systems. There are many works about their strengths and weaknesses; however, modern circumstances make it necessary to operate and upgrade these systems, maintain their usability, and improve their efficiency. New rolling stock with asynchronous engines is being launched for subway service with increased loads and travel speeds. In these conditions, one of the main features of maintaining the course of transportation is to guarantee uninterrupted power supply of electric rolling stock. This can be made possible through appropriate and timely responses by maintenance personnel, power dispatchers, automation and emergency control systems. The microprocessor systems used at the modern level of technological development have been embodied in intelligent terminals of feeder lines of electric traction networks used in subway service. Their algorithmic part must be improved and upgraded for compliance with the current realities of subway service by integrating emergency control equipment algorithms, full-scale analysis of analog processes in the electric traction network, discrete signals of automatic controls and telemechanics, and states and switches of cross-connect equipment, which must facilitate increased automation of the traction substation and make it completely unattended. © 2018, Allerton Press, Inc.