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Lecturer(s)
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Heller Georg, Ing.
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Dušan Oleksandr, Ing. Ph.D.
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Eddhib Zdeněk, Ing.
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Křenek Jiří, Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Traction drive - properties, arrangement, torque transmission. Traction machine placement and suspension. Vehicle interaction with surroundings. 2. Features and control of DC serial motor, vehicles with serial traction machines for DC traction systems. 3. Vehicles with serial traction machines for AC traction systems - wiring, control, infrastructure interference. 4. Vehicles with DC traction machine with separated excitation - wiring, regulation, input filter design, infrastructure interference. 5. Voltage source inverter on the vehicle, resistive and regenerative braking, higher harmonics in the machine and in the catenary, input filter, typical schemes of vehicles powered from DC traction systems with different voltage levels. 6. Conceptions of contemporary traction drives, wheel drives. 7. Input converters for vehicles with AC traction motors. Active rectifier and its properties, higher harmonic on AC side, resonance filter, power factor. 8. Multi-system, hybrid, battery and special vehicles, vehicles with combustion engine and electric power transmission. 9. Wiring and control of auxiliary drives, sources of auxiliary power on vehicles. Traction, auxiliary and control devices backup. Cooling. 10. Slip characteristics. Influence of vehicle construction on its adhesion properties. Adhesion measurement and modeling. 11. Electric braking to constant and regulated resistor, basic schemes of vehicles for regenerative braking, independent brake. Electrodynamical and mechanical braking, basic types of vehicle brakes. Pneumatic brakes for rail vehicles and their electrical control, mechanical traction brakes, braking preferences and brakes cooperation. 12. Control of vehicles, main controlled and control quantities and typical requirements for control on particular types of vehicles. Target braking, jerk. Traction voltage oscillations, pantograph bounce, icing. 13. Communications on vehicle, HW and SW requirements, ETCS.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Practicum
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 40 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| utilize basic knowledge of power electronics and electric drives |
| utilize the electromagnetic filed and circuits theory |
| Skills |
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| describe the function of basic power electronics converters |
| build a simple simulation script in MATLAB |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| describe function of traction drive of typical vehicles |
| describe basic control algorithms on electric traction vehicles |
| Skills |
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| analyze the power circuit diagram of the electric traction vehicle |
| apply knowledge of power electronics and electric drives into the field of electric traction |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Skills |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Individual study |
| Competences |
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| Skills demonstration |
| Seminar |
| Individual study |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Test |
| Skills |
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| Combined exam |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Test |
| Competences |
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| Combined exam |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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Recommended literature
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Danzer, Jiří. Elektrická trakce III. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2003. ISBN 80-7082-945-1.
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Danzer, Jiří. Elektrická trakce II.. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2001. ISBN 80-7082-814-5.
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Danzer, Jiří. Elektrická trakce I. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2000. ISBN 80-7082-633-9.
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Danzer, Jiří; Šašek, Jiří. Elektrická trakce IV. 1. vyd. V Plzni : Západočeská univerzita, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7043-586-1.
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Jansa, František. Vozidla elektrické trakce : elektrická zařízení kolejových hnacích vozidel. Vyd. 1. Praha : NADAS, 1983.
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Morris Brenna, Federica Foiadelli, Dario Zaninelli. Electrical Railway Transportation Systems. Wiley-IEEE Press, 2018. ISBN 978-1-119-38680-3.
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