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Electric Drive Solution for Low-Floor City Transport Trams

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  • Andrzej Chudzikiewicz

    (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Faculty of Transport, Kazimierz Pulaski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom, Malczewskiego Street 29, 26-600 Radom, Poland)

  • Igor Maciejewski

    (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Koszalin University of Technology, Racławicka Street 15-17, 75-620 Koszalin, Poland)

  • Tomasz Krzyżyński

    (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Koszalin University of Technology, Racławicka Street 15-17, 75-620 Koszalin, Poland)

  • Andrzej Krzyszkowski

    (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Faculty of Transport, Kazimierz Pulaski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom, Malczewskiego Street 29, 26-600 Radom, Poland)

  • Anna Stelmach

    (Faculty of Transport, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa Street 75, 00-662 Warszawa, Poland)

Abstract

The urban transport system based on trams as the basic means of transport is one of the oldest systems of human transport in urban agglomerations. A tram is a more efficient, cheaper-to-operate, and greener means of transport compared to a bus. Striving to enable the use of this means of transport by elderly and disabled people, constructors and manufacturers of tram vehicles began to consider the requirements of the ordering parties—organizers of municipal public transport—in their solutions. The basic condition for disabled and elderly people to use tram transport is the possibility of safe and efficient entry and exit from the vehicle at tram stops. The fulfillment of this condition is possible only in the case of tram vehicles with a low 100% floor, and this, in turn, requires the replacement of trolleys with traditional wheelsets, that is, trolleys with independently rotating wheels, in the construction of the running gear. A wheelset with independently rotating wheels (IRW) does not have self-centering properties, and, thus, problems may arise with excessive wear of wheel and rail profiles and with continuous contact of the wheel flange with the rail, which may, consequently, lead to derailment. Driving a vehicle on the track in this case is governed by different laws. To prevent such phenomena, it is required to use the wheel drive control system, which allows for the stabilization of the vehicle movement on the track. Both the introduction of independently rotating wheels in the construction of the bogie and the drive connected to the wheel control system requires research and analysis to confirm the correctness of the assumptions made. The innovative solution of the control system in the case of a tram vehicle was patented and then the patent was implemented to produce a low-floor tram with 100% low floor by a Polish tram manufacturer. This article presents the results of the work carried out on the adoption of the concept of a running gear and drive solution for a low-floor tram vehicle with independently rotating wheels and the results of simulation analysis of the drive control of such a system, using mathematical models of the mechanical system (running gear) and the electrical system (motor drive control system).

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  • Andrzej Chudzikiewicz & Igor Maciejewski & Tomasz Krzyżyński & Andrzej Krzyszkowski & Anna Stelmach, 2022. "Electric Drive Solution for Low-Floor City Transport Trams," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-18, June.
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