Accurate track modeling for fault current studies on third-rail metro railways.pdf

ACCURATE TRACK MODELLING FOR FAULT CURRENT STUDIES ON THIRD-RAIL METRO RAILWAYS M . FRACCHIA**, R.J. HILL*, P. POZZOBON** and G.SCIUTTO** * School o f E l e c t r o n i c and E l e c t r i c a l Eng inee r ing , U n i v e r s i t y of Ba th , England ** D i p a r t i m e n t o d i I n g e g n e r i a Elettr ica, U n i v e r s i t a deg l i S t u d i d i Genova, I t a l y Abstract - The u s e o f a c o n s t a n t i n d u c t a n c e and r e s i s t a n c e model f o r r a i l t r a c k impedance i n t r a c t i o n power s y s t e m f a u l t t r a n s i e n t s t u d i e s g i v e s r ise t o i n a c c u r a c i e s d u e t o t h e a c t u a l f r e q u e n c y dependency o f t h e l i n e . I n t h i s p a p e r , a n a c c u r a t e f r e q u e n c y - d e p e n d e n t t r a c k mode l f o r a t h i r d - r a i l metro r a i l w a y i s d e s c r i b e d i n which t h e t r a c k f e e d i n g impedance i s s y n t h e s i z e d f r o m t h e s e l f a n d m u t u a l i m p e d a n c e s a n d r e p r e s e n t e d by a d i s c r e t e - component l i n e a r c i r c u i t network. The model i s u s e d t o s i m u l a t e c u r r e n t rise i n a t h i r d - r a i l t r a c t i o n s y s t e m s h o r t - c i r c u i t f a u l t . R e s u l t s a re g i v e n f o r s h o r t a n d l o n g t r a c k s e c t i o n f e e d i n g l e n g t h s a n d show s i g n i f i c a n t d i f f e r e n c e s compared w i t h a c o n s t a n t - p a r a m e t e r t r a c k model. 1. INTRODUCTION DC metrorai l power s y s t e m s must be p r o t e c t e d from s h o r t - c i r c u i t f a u l t s which c a n r e s u l t i n a r a p i d r ise o f c u r r e n t a l o n g t h e power f e e d e r a n d r e t u r n r u n n i n g r a i l s [I, 21. S h o r t c i r c u i t s c a n arise f rom d e f e c t i v e t r a i n s or t r a c