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The characteristic analysis of the operational overvoltage caused by the vacuum circuit breakers on High-speed trains

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Along with the operating velocity and traction power increasing continuously, the issue related to the safety and reliability of the high-voltage traction power system for high-speed trains have gradually been exposed during the practical service process. When the train passes a neutral section settled roughly per 15 km between two neighboring substations, the on-board vacuum circuit breaker (VCB) must to be operated for changing the input powers with different phases. At the moment of switching on or off the VCB, the arc between the contacts in the arc-extinguishing chamber may be triggered, which tends to result in the operational overvoltage. Due to numerous inductances and capacitances existing in the traction power supply system, the overvoltage may lead to high-frequency electromagnetic oscillation spreading along the transmission routes. The on-board high-voltage equipments within the power supply system may suffer from the impulse brought from the VCB operational overvoltage frequently, which is possible to cause the insulation aging or breakdown issue. To investigate the characteristic of the operational overvoltage of VCBs, a ‘train-rail-catenary’ power supply model is built based on the measured impedance parameters, which has been verified by the experimental tests. The generating mechanism with the influence factors of the operational overvoltage when switching on or off the VCB has been explored, meanwhile the distribution of the train body overvoltage on each carriage has also been presented.

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    Song Xiao, Mengyuan Tong, Yuhang Li, Zhizong Ye, Yixiang Shen, Hao Hou, Guoqiang Gao, Guangning Wu, Yaoyao Jin, Jie Zhou & Jie Liu

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Xiao, S., Tong, M., Rao, Y. et al. The characteristic analysis of the operational overvoltage caused by the vacuum circuit breakers on High-speed trains. J. Electr. Eng. Technol. 17, 221–236 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42835-021-00907-1

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