Traction power systems for electrified railways:evolution,state of the art,and future trends

Traction power systems(TPSs)play a vital role in the operation of electrified railways.The transformation of conventional railway TPSs to novel structures is not only a trend to promote the development of electrified railways toward high-efficiency and resilience but also an inevitable requirement to achieve carbon neutrality target.On the basis of sorting out the power supply structures of conventional AC and DC modes,this paper first reviews the characteristics of the existing TPSs,such as weak power supply flexibility and low-energy efficiency.Furthermore,the power supply structures of various TPSs for future electrified railways are described in detail,which satisfy longer distance,low-carbon,high-efficiency,high-reliability and high-quality power supply requirements.Meanwhile,the application prospects of different traction modes are discussed from both technical and economic aspects.Eventually,this paper introduces the research progress of mixed-system electrified railways and traction power supply technologies without catenary system,speculates on the future development trends and challenges of TPSs and predicts that TPSs will be based on the continuous power supply mode,employing power electronic equipment and intelligent information technology to construct a railway comprehensive energy system with renewable energy.

Integrated Configuration and Control Strategy for PV Generation in Railway Traction Power Supply Systems

Recently,electric railways have experienced a rapid development causing an increasing power demand.Due to the flexible installation available at trackside land along railways,photovoltaic(PV)generation is suggested as an extension to the traction power supply system(TPSS)in railways.First,this paper proposes a three-phase integrated configuration for PV generation connected to a two-phase traction network and the on-site consumption of solar resources alongside railways.In this configuration,another inverse V/V transformer is used to maintain a balanced three-phase low voltage(LV)AC bus from a two-phase traction network.It is more convenient for accessing PV generation units.Then,in order to mitigate the negative sequence currents caused by electric trains,an individual phase current(IPC)control strategy for PV converters is developed for power quality improvement.It can not only supply the locomotive with asymmetrical currents,but also provide feedback to the grid through symmetrical currents.All the implementation and calculations are conducted in the three-phase stationary reference frame without any sequence extracting and power compensations.Finally,simulation results are presented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed IPC control strategy.

Time Series as an Aid to Research of Traction Substation Load

In the case of electric or tram traction vehicles, the energy for propulsion purposes, as well as all other purposes, is processed and delivered via traction substations. Knowledge of the course of traction substation loading, especially at the stage of its design, is an extremely important issue because of the choice of the processing equipment of the main circuit or protection devices. In the range of investigations of railway traction substation B in vicinity of Cracow （Poland）, the measurements of current load in hours 4：00 a.m.-8：00 p.m. were realized. The measurements for the analysis were chosen from those realized between 6：00 a.m.-8：00 a.m. （the morning rush time）. Due to the sampling of 2 h summit with a frequency of 2 kHz, the recorded data set contains 1.44 ~ 107 elements. Therefore, the necessary transformation of data was to lower frequency 1 Hz, 10 Hz and 50 Hz. The results of the analysis presented below indicate the effect of such conduct on the obtained results for the parameters of time series models. In view of the unsatisfactory effects of the polynomial approximation, there is a need to seek a more efficient approximation method for achieving the optimum compatibility with the measured process. Continued research should lead to the formulation of procedures, which will determine an acceptable accuracy of the expected variability of traction substation loads.

Integrated Railway Smart Grid Architecture Based on Energy Routers

Railway power system is an inseparable part of the power system,therefore,the intelligent architecture of the railway power system should also be focused on.The unique power supply characteristics of the railway power system are analyzed and integrated railway smart grid architecture based on energy routers is proposed.Importantly,three corresponding resilient mode control methods are suggested for the proposed architecture.In the fourth section,a simulation model corresponding to the resilient control mode is built and the simulation results prove the feasibility of the proposed control mode.Equally,for the novel network-connected backbone router(NCBR),a 1000 kVA,27.5/10 kV NCBR engineering prototype is used to prove its effectiveness in practical applications.Finally,a differentiation analysis is given,followed by conclusions regarding the traditional power system and proposed system.