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Comparative Performance of Squirrel Cage Motors onGTO and IGBT Drives for Electric Traction in India

C. Nagamani*, R. Somanatham**, U. Kusuma Kumari***, U. Chaitanya Kumar****

* Research Scholar, University College of Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.

** Head, Department of Electrical Engineering, Anurag College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India.

***_**** M.Tech Student, Department of Electrical Engineering, Anurag College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India.

Periodicity:July - September'2015
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jee.9.1.3605

Abstract

The electric locomotives of Indian Railways currently use Gate Turn-Off Thyristors for traction drive systems. Though they are fast switching devices, they produce lot of harmonic ripples in the output voltages and currents. The snubber circuits of Gate Turn-Off Thyristors are also bulky. Comparatively, Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors produce less harmonic ripples and also reliable fast switching devices capable of handling voltages and currents of the range 5kV and 1kA respectively. Research has also proved that, Insulated Gate Bi-Polar Transistors are also an efficient switching devices in high voltage/power applications like electric traction. The simulation studies of performance of the Squirrel Cage induction motors with Gate Turn-off Thyristors/Insulated Gate Bi-Polar Transistor as switching devices are presented in this paper.

Keywords

Converters, Electric Locomotives, Gate Turn-Off Thyristors (GTO), Harmonics Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), Inverter Squirrel Cage Induction Motors, Snubber Circuits.

How to Cite this Article?

Nagamani, C., Somanatham, R., Kumari, U. K., and Kumar, U. C. (2015). Comparative Performance of Squirrel Cage Motors on GTO and IGBT Drives for Electric Traction in India. i-manager’s Journal on Electrical Engineering,9(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.26634/jee.9.1.3605

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