Locomotive regenerative electric energy feedback system with ice melting function and control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10279686-B2
Application number	US-201716080276-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2017
Priority date	Mar 3, 2016
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

A locomotive regenerative electric energy feedback system with an ice melting function, comprising two regenerative electric energy feedback devices ( 1 ). A direct-current side positive electrode of the regenerative electric energy feedback device ( 1 ) is connected to a positive electrode bus of a subway traction network, wherein the positive electrode bus is connected to an uplink contact network and a downlink contact network respectively via a first switching switch ( 4 ) and a second switching switch ( 5 ). A direct-current side negative electrode of the regenerative electric energy feedback device ( 1 ) is connected to the downlink contact network or the uplink contact network via a third switching switch ( 2 ), and the direct-current side negative electrode is connected to a negative electrode bus of the subway traction network via a fourth switching switch ( 3 ). Further disclosed is a control method corresponding to the system. In the system and method, the ice melting function on a contact network circuit between two traction stations is achieved by means of switch switching and a control method for adjusting the regenerative electric energy feedback devices, and an original regenerative electric energy feedback device is used without adding an additional device, so that the reliability is high.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A locomotive regenerative electric energy feedback system with an ice melting function, comprising two regenerative electric energy feedback devices, wherein a direct-current side positive electrode of the regenerative electric energy feedback device is connected to a positive electrode bus of a subway traction network, the positive electrode bus is connected to an uplink contact network and a downlink contact network respectively via a first switching switch and a second switching switch, characterized in that, a direct-current side negative electrode of the regenerative electric energy feedback device is connected to the downlink contact network or the uplink contact network via a third switching switch, and the direct-current side negative electrode is connected to a negative electrode bus of the subway traction network via a fourth switching switch.

2. The locomotive regenerative electric energy feedback system with an ice melting function of claim 1 , characterized in that, the regenerative electric energy feedback device comprises a rectifier formed by power semiconductor devices; the rectifier has a function of enabling active power to flow in two directions, that is, the rectifier is able to control the active power to flow from an alternating-current power grid to a direct-current bus of the subway traction network, and is also able to control the active power to flow from the direct-current bus of the subway traction network to the alternating-current power grid.

3. The locomotive regenerative electric energy feedback system with an ice melting function of claim 1 , characterized in that, the third switching switch and the fourth switching switch are not allowed to be closed at the same time.

4. A control method of the locomotive regenerative electric energy feedback system with an ice melting function of claim 1 , characterized in that, when regenerative electric energy feedback devices operate in an energy feedback status, the control method comprises the following steps:
step 1: opening a third switching switch;
step 2: closing a fourth switching switch; and
step 3: when the locomotive brakes, starting the regenerative electric energy feedback devices, to control active power to flow from a direct-current bus of a subway traction network to an alternating-current power grid.

5. A control method of the locomotive regenerative electric energy feedback system with an ice melting function of claim 1 , characterized in that, when regenerative electric energy feedback devices operate in an ice melting status, the control method is specifically as follows:
1. if the third switching switch is connected to an uplink contact network, the steps are as follows:
step 101: opening a first switching switch and a fourth switching switch;
step 102: closing a second switching switch and the third switching switch;
step 103: starting a rectifier of one of the regenerative electric energy feedback devices, to make a direct-current voltage stable; and
step 104: starting a rectifier of the other of the regenerative electric energy feedback devices, to make the current flowing through the contact network stable; or
2. if the third switching switch is connected to a downlink contact network, the steps are as follows:
step 201: opening a second switching switch and a fourth switching switch;
step 202: closing a first switching switch and the third switching switch;
step 203: starting a rectifier of one of the regenerative electric energy feedback devices, to make a direct-current voltage of a traction network stable; and
step 204: starting a rectifier of the other of the regenerative electric energy feedback devices, to make the current flowing through the contact network stable.

Assignees

• Nr Electric Co Ltd
• Nr Engineering Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Hao
• Wang Yu
• Xie Yeyuan
• Liu Hongde
• Li Changwei

Classifications

• B60Y2200/31

  Locomotives · CPC title

• B60L7/10 Primary

  Dynamic electric regenerative braking (B60L7/22 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02H7/122

  for inverters, i.e. DC/AC converters · CPC title

• H02G7/16

  Devices for removing snow or ice from lines or cables · CPC title

• B60M3/06

  Arrangements for consuming regenerative power · CPC title