Study on resonance characteristic of continuous co‐phase traction power supply system

Abstract

Abstract In order to solve the power quality problems and eliminate the neutral sections in the railway, the implementation of the continuous co‐phase traction power supply system (CCTPSS) is the development trend of the future. However, various parameters of the compensator in CCTPSS have a huge impact on the resonance, which will possibly change the original resonance characteristic of the railway. Therefore, the parameters design of the compensator has become a difficult problem to be solved. An optimization mode method is proposed in this paper to obtain the influence of the compensator on the resonance characteristic of CCTPSS and the optimal solution of each parameter is obtained with the goal of suppressing resonance and minimizing the cost. Firstly, the impedance analysis and transfer function analysis are used to establish models for CCTPSS. It is found that the equivalent harmonic impedance of the traction substation decreases after adding the compensator, which will inevitably cause the resonance frequency to increase. By comparing the resonance points of the original traction power supply system (TPSS) and CCTPSS, the results show that the parameters of the compensator have a greater influence on the resonance point in CCTPSS. At last, taking the CCTPSS based on LCL‐type reactive power comprehensive compensator (RPCC) as an example to carry out the optimization mode method, the result proves that this method is not only beneficial to the suppression of harmonic resonance, but also helpful for reducing the cost of the RPCC.

Keywords

• harmonic analysis
• railway electrification
• resonance