Electric traction in

Indian
railways

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Mr. Damodar kumawat Vishwas jain
(h.o.d. eee dept.) 11emhex062
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Traction Distribution (TRD)
Power Supply Installation (PSI)
Overhead Equipment (OHE)
Remote Control equipment

RCC [Remote Control Center]

SCADA- [Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
system]
Contains
Types of traction system
Advantages of using electric traction system
Types of electric traction
advantages of electric traction
locomotives
Tss , sp , ssp
Ohe equipment
Breaking

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Traction
Action of drawing some thing over a
surface
Or the system which uses electric

power for traction is called electric

traction

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Types of traction
Non electrical traction 1)
steam engine drive 2) internal
combustion-engine drive

Electrical traction
1) self contained vehicles
2) vehicles which receive electric
power

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Advantages of electric traction
Cleanliness
Low Maintenance cost
Less Starting time
High starting torque
High acceleration
High traffic handling capacity
Easy Breaking

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 Types of Electric Traction
Systems
Electric
AC Traction
MultiTraction
system
1- phaseSystems
3-phase DC Traction

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Dc systems
power

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 1-phase Ac systems
Power

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Advantages of using dc series
motors
I. High Starting torque
II. Low maintenance cost
III. High rate of acceleration & retardation
IV. Easy speed control
Disadvantage
V. Only one disadvantage is the necessity of
locating ac/dc conversion substations at
short distance apart.

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 Advantage of 25 KV AC Traction over
1500 V DC Traction
Reduced requirement of copper, steel for

supports and cement because foundations

are lighter.
Increased substation spacing - 50 to 80

kms as compared to 8 to 10 kms for DC

traction.
There is direct application of industrial

frequency.

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AC Locomotives with DC
Drives

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Locomotive

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Parts of electric
traction system
Traction Substation or feeder post
(SSPs)-Sub Sectioning Post

SP
Ohe (over head equipment)
Centenary , droppers , contact wire
Running rails work as return path
Boosters transformers
Pantograph

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Types of substation
substation
Single phase ac

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 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF TRACTION
SUB STATION

R,Y R,Y (220/132/110 Kv)

Traction
Sub Station 25 KV AC
Single
OHE phase
LOCO

RAIL

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 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM

Sub-Sector
(SSPs)-Sub Sectioning Post

(SSPs)

Neutral section

TSS 1 (SP) TSS 2

Sector
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 Ratings
for l.v. 42kv
for hv 120kv

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Neutral Section
A short section of insulated dead
over-head equipment which
separates the sectors fed by two
adjacent substations which are
normally connected to different
phases.

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 OHE Arrangement

Mast

Automatic
Centenary Wire Tensioning
Dropper Device

Mast Wire
Contact

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Auto Tensioning Device (ATD)
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CONTACT & CATENARY WIRE
Contact wire
cross sectional area - 107 sq.mm.
diameter - 12.24 mm
normal tension 1000 kg
breaking load 3905 kg

Catenary wire
cross sectional area - 65 sq.mm.
diameter 10.50 mm
Normal tension 1000 kg
breaking load 3920 kg

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DROPPERS & BONDS
DROPPERS
A fitting used in overhead equipment
construction for supporting contact wire from
catenary
BONDS
An electrical connection across a joint in or
between adjacent lengths of rail
(structure bond, continuity bond, cross bond
etc.)

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Power supplies used
Modern microprocessor technology and the
availability of efficient and compact power
components have changed that picture. In
3-phase AC locos, the input (single-phase
AC) from the OHE is rectified and then 3-
phase AC is generated from it, whose
voltage, phase, and frequency can be
manipulated widely, without regard to the
voltage, phase, frequency of the input
power from the OHE

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Any query?

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