New York City Transit - R34142 ...
ONIX 800
Compatability with sig nalling
system (EMC)
370,000 miles of revenue
. .
service running
Flawless operation
The most successful aspect of the
demonstration has been the
flawless operation of the naturally
cooled inverter, the stability of the
software for the system and the
system availability. This programme
resu lted in ALSTOM qualifying as a
supplier of propulsion equipment
for the R34 l 42 contract.
Naturally cooled inverter
ONIX for New York City Localization
Transit The naturally cooled inverter was a
Under "Buy America" Rules, part of specific customer requ irement for
680 R34 l 42 rapid the contract will be manufactured the R3 l 42 contract and considered
transit cars locally in ALSTOM's Hornell plant the best option for the operating
in the US. environment which can be dusty
952 IGBT naturally cooled and hot.
drives ALSTOM qualification on
The air cooled inverter means no
R38 cars
fans, no noise, no dust build-up
ONIX 800 Range
One of the principal contract requiring practically no
requirements was a one year maintenance.
Contract overview
revenue service test of the traction
Small space envelope on
In 1997, ALSTOM were chosen equipm ent. An eight car train of
underframe
by NYCT and Bombardier to R-38 cars was used for the testing of
supply the drive systems for a both forced air cooled and naturally There is restricted space for the
new fleet of 680 m etro cars, ventilated IGBT based propulsion equipment on the underframe due
R34 l 42's. system. ALSTOM achieved qualified to the narrow width of the R34 l 42
status after 1 year of successful in- vehicle. This meant that ALSTOM
The trains will be equipped with service runni ng. had to work closely with its
ONIX 800 naturally cooled customer to make adjustments for
inverters. The reduction in Prequalification requirements the smal l envelope space and to
equipment weight, size and power ensure that the equipment would fit
consumption enabled by the ALSTOM had to achieve: in the space available. This was
ONIX IGBT drive will make the enabled by the compact format of
vehicles among the most ■ Compatability with existing DC the ONIX D rive.
technologically advanced in the car systems speed/distance and
world. braking requirements
Operational specification Traction range: ONIX 800 Maximum starting tractive effort:
Operator: MTA New York City Type of vehicle: Subway 245 kN for 14 motors
Carbuilder: Bombardier Train consist: 5 car train configuration Maximum design speed:
Line gauge: 1435 mm A-B-B-B-A 60 mph
Line voltage range: 450-800 V Power collection: 3rd rail Maximum design acceleratio n:
Number of trains: Maximum tractive power per motor 2.5 mph/sec
136 x 5 car units car: 512 kW A car 256 kW B car Maximum desig n bra king:
Number of cars: 680 Maximum braking power per motor -2.2 mph/sec
Number of IGBT inverters: 952 car: 1272 kW A car 636 kW B car
PROPULSION CONTROL TRACTION HIGH VOLTAGE
1 ONIX IGBT inverter AGATE 32 bit 4 x ONIX 3 phase AC Line inductor
with rheostotic chopper microprocessor motors Soft Crow-bar
Broking: regenerative and - Equipment performance Circuit breakers
rheostatic broking monitoring Brake resistor
- Slip/slide control
Technical characteristics Propulsion performance
IGBT Inverter
Nominal DC input: ...... ... ... .. 600 V
Peak accelerating
current, rms: .. .... .. ........ 1050 A rms ..,.
Cooling: ........... heotsink cooled by
vehicle motion
Motor/inverter ratio: ................ 2:1
Modulation frequency: 1250 Hz
varies
ONIX AC Motor
Supply voltage: ................... 600 V
Nominal power rating: ..... 110 kW
Rated speed: ....... .......... 1750 rpm
Maximum speed : .... ... ... 4314 rpm
Cooling: .... ..... .. ...... Self-ventilation
totally enclosed
Motors per axle: ......................... 1
Class 200 insulation
Dimensions and mass
Traction Equipment Case
Length: ......................... 1680 mm
Width: ........................... 1400 mm
Depth: .... ... .. .... .. .... .. ........ 740 mm
Mass: ................................. 722 kg
Motor "
Speed • mph
Rotor diameter: ............... 263 mm
Mass: ................................ 540 kg
Height: ..... .......... ...... .. ... .. .470 mm
W idth: .............................. 420 mm
Depth: .. ... ...... ................. .784 mm
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