HVB - High Voltage Booster
Overview
Background & policy context:
European railway companies are facing increasing demand for high quality services in suburban areas as well as on high-speed rail networks. Growing traffic demand calls for adaptation of infrastructure in various ways. In particular, the electrification systems throughout Europe require updates to their power supply infrastructure. Besides meeting extra demand, the development in the performance of locomotive propulsion systems means that power supply components need to be updated. The integration of new equipment also has to consider electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) with existing railway network structures.
Objectives:
HVB aimed to identify electrical equipment for boosting the voltage of (existing) power supply systems at reasonable cost and at lower environmental impact than solutions employing electrical sub-stations.
The main objectives of HVB have been to:
- identify the requirements for a future high voltage booster, which will providing good interoperability between various existing power supply systems;
- analyse existing and potential applications in railway and industrial fields;
- analyse and simulate possible technical solutions, and identify a feasible solution with respect to costs, reliability, availability, maintainability, and integration;
- provide an industrial specification for a future high voltage booster.
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