Electric railcar power feeding system, power feeding device, and power storage device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9873335-B2
Application number	US-201414451701-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 5, 2014
Priority date	Aug 12, 2013
Publication date	Jan 23, 2018
Grant date	Jan 23, 2018

Abstract

An electric railcar power feeding system in an embodiment includes a power storage device, a rectifier, and an emergency power supply. The power storage device is connected to a feeder line for an electric railcar. The rectifier converts alternating-current power of a first power system to direct-current power and supply the direct-current power for the feeder line. The emergency power supply supplies power of a second power system different from the first power system for the feeder line.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric railcar power feeding system, comprising:
a feeder control device including:
a transformer including a first tap and a second tap, the first tap being connected to an alternating-current power supply configured to supply a first alternating-current power of first voltage,
an emergency power supply including an alternating-current generator connected to the second tap, the emergency power supply being activated and supplying second alternating-current power of a second voltage when the alternating-current power supply fails, the second alternating-current power being generated by the alternating-current generator, the second voltage being different from the first voltage, and
a rectifier configured to receive one of the first alternating current power and the second alternating current power transformed by the transformer, and to convert one of the transformed first alternating-current power and the transformed second alternating-current power into direct-current power to supply the direct-current power to a feeder line; and

a power storage device connected to the feeder line and spaced away from the feeder control device at a distance, the power storage device being configured to store the direct-current power.

2. The electric railcar power feeding system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the power storage device performs charge and discharge according to rise and drop in feeder line voltage respectively.

3. The electric railcar power feeding system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the power storage device performs discharge when a value of the feeder line voltage is equal to or less than a discharge threshold that varies according to a state of charge of the power storage device.

4. The electric railcar power feeding system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the power storage device performs charge when a value of the feeder line voltage is equal to or greater than a charge threshold that varies according to a state of charge of the power storage device.

5. The electric railcar power feeding system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the power storage device stops charge/discharge when the value of the feeder line voltage is greater than a discharge threshold and less than a charge threshold, or stops charge/discharge when a state that the value of the feeder line voltage is greater than the discharge threshold and less than the charge threshold continues for a predetermined period.

6. The electric railcar power feeding system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the power storage device stops charge/discharge when a value of current flowing through the feeder line or a value of the power is greater than a discharge threshold corresponding to the value of the current or the value of the power and less than a charge threshold, or stops charge/discharge when a state that the value of current flowing through the feeder line or the value of the power is greater than the discharge threshold corresponding to the value of the current or the value of the power and less than the charge threshold continues for a predetermined period.

7. The electric railcar power feeding system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the power storage device comprises a power storage element and a step-up/down chopper circuit, and
wherein the power storage element is an energy storage element.

8. The electric railcar power feeding system according to claim 7 ,
wherein an SiC power device is applied to the step-up/down chopper circuit.

9. The electric railcar power feeding system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the emergency power supply comprises a power storage element.

10. The electric railcar power feeding system according to claim 9 ,
wherein the emergency power supply comprising the power storage element is paralleled-off once from the feeder line when the alternating-current power supply fails.

11. The electric railcar power feeding system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the power storage device includes:
a power storage element configured to store electric power from the feeder line and to supply the stored electric power to the feeder line,
a power conversion unit configured to convert electric power between the power storage element and the feeder line,
a direct-current circuit breaker connecting the power conversion unit with the feeder line,
a feeder line voltage detection unit configured to detect a voltage of the feeder line,
a charge state detection unit configured to detect a charge state of the power storage element,
a charge/discharge management table storing a correspondence between a voltage of the feeder line and a charge state of the power storage element,
a current control unit configured to control a power conversion unit and the direct-current circuit breaker to vary a charge threshold voltage and a discharge threshold voltage of the power storage element based on the voltage detected by the feeder line voltage detection unit, the charge state detected by the charge state detection unit, and the correspondence stored in the charge/discharge management table.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Nogi Masayuki
• Satake Nobuhiko

Classifications

• B60M3/06

  Arrangements for consuming regenerative power · CPC title

• Y02T30/00

  Transportation of goods or passengers via railways, e.g. energy recovery or reducing air resistance · CPC title

• B60L9/08 Primary

  fed from AC supply lines · CPC title

• B60L2200/26

  Rail vehicles · CPC title

• B60M3/02

  with means for maintaining voltage within a predetermined range (in general G05F) · CPC title