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ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE
IN THE STATION RAIL CIRCUITS
T
ATYANA
N. S
ERDYUK
,
U
KRAINE
, V
LADIMIR
I. G
AVRILYUK
,
U
KRAINE
Dnipropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport named after acad. V. Lazarian,
e-mail: serducheck-t@rambler.ru
Abstract. A method of measuring the parameters of rail circuits and electromagnetic interferences in them is
considered in this paper. It is shown that the distribution of electromagnetic interferences on the length of the
non-uniform transmission line and assessed their influence on the work of rail circuit receivers.
Introduction
Among the electromagnetic interference that arise
in the rail network system of traction power supply, the
pulse and harmonic interference, contained in the trac-
tion current, deserves of special attention. The main
cause of harmonic and pulse components in the reverse
traction current of frequencies that are multiples of the
fundamental harmonic frequency (50 Hz) is the work of
rectifier traction substations of direct current electric
rolling stocks, as well as the breakdown of isolation on
station feeders. The reverse traction current is also
comprised of glitches that arise because of switching on
of traction substations, changing modes of movement
of electric stocks and lightning. Pulse and harmonic
interference may cause a false indication of freeness
(employment) of station sections, failure codes and
other emergencies for proper operation of equipment of
the rail circuit (RC). Thus, the task, that includes the
provision of electromagnetic compatibility of automa-
tion devices to the system of the traction power supply
on a given site and measurement of the electromagnetic
interference in the rail chains, is very relevant.
Analysis of the electromagnetic compatibility of
equipment of the station rail circuits to the system of
traction power supply includes following: determining
the impact of the source radiation on the existing
equipment, evaluating the level of interference in the
receiver, locating the source and cause of the interfer-
ence; obtaining information about the electromagnetic
environment at specific location of the equipment and
receiver susceptibility.
To solve the problem and to substantiate the
method of measurement of electromagnetic interference
in the station RC it is necessary to develop a mathe-
matical model of the traction power supply stations
with regard to the influence of different grounding de-
vices on the rails and the heterogeneity of the reverse
traction network, which arises due to the presence of
stations and stretches in the railway section.
Mathematical model
There are a number of mathematical models of the
traction power supply system, in which the local load
(electrical locomotive, consuming electrical energy
from the contact network) is replaced by a uniformly
distributed load, which is typical for rail sections with
high intensity traffic working [1-4]. Therefore, this
work is devoted to developing the mathematical model
of traction power supply of freight density rail sections,
which provide a scientific rationale for the automated
method of measurement of noise during controlling the
parameters of the RC in the process of maintenance.
Code current, which flows in the rail circuit, is in-
fluenced by various sources of impacts. In electric trac-
tion, rail lines are used not only as a channel for the
flow of the signal and the code currents, but also to
allow a return of traction current. This mathematical
model is constructed for the case when the current con-
sumption by electric locomotive, acting in a rail net-
work, divides into the currents I1 and I2, flowing in
traction lines. In this case, part of the reverse traction
current returns to the substation not by the rail lines,
and through the ground. The magnitude of leakage cur-
rent is determined by the conductivity of contours rail -
rail, rail - ground, contact network - rails, contact net-
work - the ground.
Harmonic composition of traction current is usu-
ally known from theoretical or experimental re-
search. Therefore, we can estimate the interference
separately for each harmonic of traction cur-
rent. However, it is important to know the nature of the
current distribution of each harmonic in the rail lines.
For the analysis of dynamic processes in electric
circuits it is proposed to consider the rail circuit as a
six-poles, and power train - as a 2•n-poles. Such a rep-
resentation of the circuit takes into account the influ-
ence of various noise sources and effects of external
factors that lead to a change in the parameters of the
rail line and impact on work of related devices of rail-
way automatics and remote control and communication
lines. For a given equivalent circuit (Fig. 1) we have
the following system of differential equations, com-
posed by the methods of contour currents for internal
and external contours of eight-poles, which have a
transverse element (earth), and the base unit (b), and
the method of nodal potentials [5].