Journal of System Simulation ›› 2018, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (6): 2125-2132.doi: 10.16182/j.issn1004731x.joss.201806016

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Temperature Characteristics of Contact Wire under Different Driving Intervals

Wang Hongwei1, Zhang Kai1, Wang Zhiyong1, Guo Fengyi1, Liu Shuai1, Zhang Qiong2   

  1. 1.Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Huludao 125105, China;
    2.State Grid Shandong Electric Power Company, Pingyi power supply company, Pingyi 273300, China
  • Received:2016-08-09 Revised:2016-10-05 Online:2018-06-08 Published:2018-06-14

Abstract: To reduce the wear of pantograph and catenary system while decreasing the headway, the temperature field of the contact wire is studied. A simulation model is established by using the COMSOL Multiphysics software. The effectiveness of the model is verified with temperature experiments. Temperature field of the contact wire of freight locomotive and passenger locomotive in different intervals is studied by simulation. The smaller the headway of trains, the higher the temperature value, and the shorter the balance process. Under the constraint of temperature field, the headway of freight locomotive couldn't be less than 180s under long term operation. The interval of passenger locomotive couldn't less than 160s under operating speed and 140s under experiment speed. When the headway of trains is constant, the steady state temperature is lower at larger speeds. While steady state temperature is higher in larger currents. The temperature difference in one interval is similar under different speeds and large in different currents in stable operation stage.

Key words: headway of trains, contact wire, temperature field simulation, electrical sliding contact

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