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Commuter Rail AC Electrification Load-Flow Simulation Report - RTD

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<strong>Commuter</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> <strong>AC</strong> <strong>Electrification</strong> <strong>Load</strong>-<strong>Flow</strong> <strong>Simulation</strong> <strong>Report</strong> Revision 1<br />

Table of Contents<br />

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................. 1<br />

2.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 3<br />

2.1 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY ....................................................................................... 3<br />

2.2 SCOPE OF THE STUDY ............................................................................................ 3<br />

2.3 STUDY PRESENTATION ........................................................................................... 4<br />

3.0 TYPICAL AUTOTRANSFORMER-FED SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ............................ 6<br />

3.1 GENERAL ................................................................................................................... 6<br />

3.2 TR<strong>AC</strong>TION POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM .................................................................... 6<br />

3.3 TR<strong>AC</strong>TION POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ......................................................... 9<br />

3.4 TR<strong>AC</strong>TION POWER RETURN SYSTEM ................................................................. 11<br />

3.5 NORMAL AND CONTINGENCY SYSTEM OPERATION ........................................ 11<br />

4.0 STUDY METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................. 13<br />

4.1 COMPUTER SIMULATION SOFTWARE USED ...................................................... 13<br />

4.2 STUDY PROCEDURE .............................................................................................. 14<br />

5.0 STUDY CRITERIA .......................................................................................................... 16<br />

5.1 SYSTEM VOLTAGES ............................................................................................... 16<br />

5.2 CONDUCTOR CURRENTS ...................................................................................... 17<br />

5.3 POWER DEMANDS .................................................................................................. 18<br />

6.0 TRAIN OPERATION ....................................................................................................... 19<br />

6.1 INPUT DATA ............................................................................................................. 19<br />

6.2 TRAIN OPERATION ALONG THE COMMUTER CORRIDORS .............................. 20<br />

7.0 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM INPUT DATA ........................................................................... 21<br />

8.0 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SIMULATION RESULTS ......................................................... 23<br />

8.1 GENERAL ................................................................................................................. 23<br />

8.2 STUDIES PEFORMED ............................................................................................. 23<br />

8.3 SYSTEM VOLTAGES ............................................................................................... 23<br />

8.4 CONDUCTOR CURRENTS ...................................................................................... 23<br />

8.5 SUBSTATION POWER DEMANDS ......................................................................... 24<br />

8.6 AUTOTRANSFORMER POWER DEMANDS .......................................................... 27<br />

9.0 CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF THE DENVER <strong>RTD</strong> TR<strong>AC</strong>TION ELECTRIFICATION<br />

SYSTEM ......................................................................................................................... 28<br />

9.1 GENERAL ................................................................................................................. 28<br />

9.2 TR<strong>AC</strong>TION POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM .................................................................. 28<br />

9.3 TR<strong>AC</strong>TION POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ....................................................... 30<br />

9.4 TR<strong>AC</strong>TION POWER RETURN ................................................................................. 31<br />

9.5 OVERALL SYSTEM ARRANGEMENT AND EQUIPMENT RATINGS .................... 31<br />

9.6 NORMAL AND EMERGENCY OPERATION ........................................................... 35<br />

10.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................. 36<br />

02/27/2009 FRSC Table of Contents

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