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| Rail RESEARCH: HVB |
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| Project Acronym: |
HVB |
| Type of contract: |
Shared Cost |
| Project title: |
High Voltage Booster |
| Main contractor: |
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA |
| Type organisation: |
Education |
| Country: |
IT |
| Start date & duration: |
1997-12-20 - 12 months |
| Area: |
Rail |
| Relevant tasks: |
2.4.4 |
| Total cost in kECUs: |
1131 |
| Total EU contribution in kECUs: |
599 |
Objectives of research
Main objectives:
The increase of the power consumption of the rail traffic makes it necessary to find a system that allows to keep a sufficient voltage on the overhead line and also avoid the construction of costly new sub-stations. This system consists of an electronic booster compensating the voltage drop of the main power transformer of the railway sub-station. European railway companies, such as the SNCF, RT, SNCB, NS, ITALFERR for 25 kV 50 Hz and DB-AG for 15 Kv 16 2/3 Hz will, in a first phase, write their common specifications, the latter being adopted to the industrial way of well known companies such as ANSALDO, CEGELEC and SIEMENS. In a second phase, the state-of-the-art will be completed by work from the universities. At a third stage, to solve the problem, new structures with semi-conductors such as GTO, IGBT or other components will be studied as well as more classical structures of converters. Economic assessment, test books, environmental impacts will be made throughout the project to ensure a good viability and feasibility of this HVB project. The last stage will consist in writing the specifications of a type of HVB with a technology chosen by the technical steering committee. The latter, composed by the six main partners (railways, industries, universities) will validate the main decisions to be taken during the project and the deliverables to be presented to the DGVII. This project will be followed by a proposal to the Brite Euram Programme of DGXII in order to build prototype(s) recommended by the end of this HVB project.
Demo Sites:
None
Links with other projects, tasks, areas, programmes, policy actions:
Links with: RAPSDRA project within the Brite Euram framework; ERTMS project within the DGVII.
Participants
| Organisation |
Type |
Country |
| UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA |
Education |
IT |
| SOCIÉTÉ NATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER FRANÇAIS |
Industry |
FR |
| ITALFERR SPA |
Industry |
IT |
| N.V. NEDERLANDSE SPOORWEGEN |
Industry |
NL |
| SOCIÉTÉ NATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER BELGES |
Industry |
BE |
| ELECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE |
Industry |
FR |
| INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE SUR LES TRANSPORTS ET LEUR SÉCURITÉ |
Research Organisation |
FR |
| RAILTRACK |
Other |
GB |
| SIEMENS AG |
Industry |
DE |
| DEUTSCHE BAHN AG |
Industry |
DE |
| CEGELEC |
Industry |
FR |
| CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN ELECTROTECHNIQUE ET ELECTROTECHNIQUE DE BELFORT |
Research Organisation |
FR |
| ANSALDO TRASPORTI S.P.A. |
Industry |
IT |
| INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE |
Education |
FR |
| UNIVERSITÄT STUTTGART |
Education |
DE |
Coordinator's name: Dr. Marina FRACCHIA
Address: UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA
via all'Opera Pia 11a
16146 Genova
IT
Tel: +39-10-3532741
Fax: +39-10-3532700
E-mail: marina@crt.unige.it
European Commission Contact Point
Name: Mr. Jens OLSEN
Tel: +32-2-2963599
Fax: +32-2-2968350
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