Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa Institute of Technology School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Design and Simulation of Traction Power Supply System: Case study of Modjo~Hawassa line A Thesis Submitted to Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa Institute of technology In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Master of Science in Electrical Engineering for railway systems By: Asegid Belay Advisor Dr.Ing Getachew Biru June, 2016 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa Institute of Technology (AAIT) School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Design and Simulation of Traction Power Supply System: Case Study of Hawassa~Modjo Line By: Asegid Belay Approved by board of Examiners Dr. Birhanu Beshah Chairman, Department Graduate Signature Date Committee Dr-Ing Getachew Biru Advisor Signature Date Ato Abebe Teklu Internal examiner Signature Date Dr. Mengesha Mamo External Examiner Signature Date Declaration I, Asegid Belay, declare that this thesis is my original work, has not been presented for a degree in this or other universities. All sources of materials used for this thesis work have been fully acknowledged. Name: Asegid Belay Signature: ______________ Place: Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa Date of Submission: _____________________________________________ This thesis has been submitted for examination with my approval as a university advisor. Dr.Ing Getachew Biru Signature: _____________ Advisor‘s Name Design and simulation of traction power supply system 2016 Abstract For more than a decade, the railway has experienced a renaissance in many countries after several years of decay. The main reasons for the renewed interest in the railway are environmental, economical, and safety related. This has quite naturally, in turn, increased the interest in railway associated research. Both passenger and freight transports on railway are increasing. In order to cope with this increase, large railway infrastructure investments are expected. An important part of this infrastructure is the railway power supply system – without it, only the weaker and less energy efficient steam and diesel locomotives could be used. This thesis work presents the design and simulation of traction power supply system for the case of Modjo~Hawassa railway line. For this purpose, all the necessary electrical parameters data are collected through literature survey and the traction power supply system major components such as traction substation transformer, autotransformer, the catenary system and the loads are designed. In connection with this, a model that represents the designed components of the power supply system using an existing blocks in the MATLAB/Simulink library were built and integrated into a system called a traction power supply system, which has a total length of 64 kilometer including 60 kilometer single track and 4 kilometer double track railway line and simulated using MATLAB/Simulink environment. Accordingly, the simulation result of the traction power supply system for the three cascaded train which is found at a distance of 64 kilometers from the traction substation reveals that a train voltage of 19.81 kV and current of 414.63 A, a rail voltage of 87.12 V and autotransformer voltage of 19.82 kV in worst case scenario. In addition, the maximum percentage voltage regulation is found to be 26.45 %. As the result, it was found that the voltages and the currents waveform are according to BS EN 50163:2004, EN 50388:2012 and BS EN 50122-1 (IEC 62128-1) standard limits. This shows the performance of designed traction power supply system is within the industry standard. Keywords: Traction power supply system, Design, Model, MATLAB/Simulink, Simulation, Currents, Voltages, Standards. Msc Thesis, Addis Ababa University, Railway Engineering I Design and simulation of traction power supply system 2016 Acknowledgment I would like to express my deepest thanks to Dr.-Ing Getachew Biru, My research advisor, for his guidance, support, motivation and encouragement to work on this research. His readiness for consultation at all times, his educative comments, his concern and assistance have been invaluable. Moreover, I am really thankful to all of my family and my wife Yenealem Eyassu who were always there for me. Special thanks to Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC), for sponsoring me this MSc program in Electrical Railway Engineering. Finally, I would like to thank my fellow Msc students and other colleagues at Ethiopian Railway Corporation for making the coffee and lunch breaks pleasant. At last but above all I would like to thank my father (God) who gave me his only son to save me from eternal death and revealed me heavenly wisdom. Msc Thesis, Addis Ababa University, Railway Engineering II Design and simulation of traction power supply system 2016 Table of Contents Abstract ............................................................................................................................................ I Acknowledgment ............................................................................................................................ II List of Figures ............................................................................................................................... VI List of Table .................................................................................................................................. IX List of Symbols and Abbreviations………………………….…………………………………..XI 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Overview of a Traction Power Supply System under Study ............................................ 3 1.3 Statement of the problem ................................................................................................. 5 1.4 Objective .......................................................................................................................... 5 1.4.1 General Objectives .................................................................................................... 6 1.4.2 Specific Objectives ................................................................................................... 6 1.5 Methodology .................................................................................................................... 6 1.6 Aim of Research and Structure of Thesis......................................................................... 7 1.6.1 Outline of the Manuscript ......................................................................................... 7 2 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE SURVEY............................... 9 2.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 9 2.2 Traction substation ........................................................................................................... 9 2.2.1 Traction power Transformers ................................................................................. 10 2.3 Catenary ......................................................................................................................... 10 2.4 Loads .............................................................................................................................. 13 2.5 Power Requirements of the Load ................................................................................... 14 2.6 Load Flow in Railway .................................................................................................... 20 2.7 System Configuration of Modjo ~Hawassa Rail line ..................................................... 22 2.7.1 General .................................................................................................................... 22 2.7.2 Traction Power Substations .................................................................................... 22 2.7.3 Switching Stations .................................................................................................. 24 2.7.4 Paralleling Stations ................................................................................................. 25 2.7.5 System Voltage ....................................................................................................... 26 Msc Thesis, Addis Ababa University, Railway Engineering III Design and simulation of traction power supply system 2016 2.7.6 Voltage Related Requirements ............................................................................... 27 2.7.7 Model of the Locomotives and Trains .................................................................... 28 2.8 Designing Techniques of Traction Power Supply System (TPSS) ................................ 29 2.9 Literature survey ............................................................................................................ 30 3 DESIGN OF TRACTION POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM ................................................. 36 3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 36 3.2 Power Consumption of the Load .................................................................................... 36 3.3 Train or Locomotive Model ..........................................................................................