SIRIUS® R1DB/R2DB
Portable Data Acquisition (DAQ) Systems
High-speed and high-channel-count data acquisition solutions for railway testing applications like pantograph and conductor rail testing, short circuit analysis, and power system testing.
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Train and railways are operated either with either DC or AC power. They are operated at different voltage levels (250 V up to 66 kV) and different line frequencies (16.7Hz, 25Hz, 50Hz, 60Hz). The trains get the power whether via a pantograph which is connected to overhead lines or via a conductor rail (3rd rail).
Testing the power supply system requires a high-precision DAQ system that supports a wide range of input signals like the voltage, current, acceleration, GPS parameters, CAN-bus data, video, and displacement. Especially synchronized video is very important and useful for comprehensive analysis (Monitoring connection of pantograph to overhead line, the interaction of rails and conductor rail, etc.). In addition to the high voltages also high operating currents up to 8000A are present which require special current transducers (AC and DC).
Short-circuit analysis at railway power supply systems is a typical application for the Transient recording function of the Dewesoft power analyzer. At the expansion of short- circuits in railway power supply systems it is often assumed that the short-circuit current is split into thirds. 1/3 flows via the return conductor, 1/3 via the rail track, and 1/3 into the earth. In reality, the results differ a lot and strongly depend on the ambient conditions (grounding, soil, etc.).
The Dewesoft power analyzer allows measuring the expansion of the short-circuit with automatic evaluation. Parameters like peak current, AC and DC part of the short circuit, time of the short circuit, and a lot more can be calculated. Furthermore, high-speed cameras and thermal imaging cameras can be connected to the system and acquired synchronously for comprehensive analysis.
For the typical configuration we recommend the R2DB data acquisition system configured for:
1x Voltage
7x Current
High sampling rate
Raw data storing
Triggering on different channels (analog, digital, math, power, power quality, etc.)
Analysis at all line frequencies (16.7Hz, 50Hz, 60Hz, etc.)
The electrical power for the train systems is either provided by a third rail or an overhead line via a pantograph. Inside the rail, the power has to be transformed to allow the operation of the different equipment. Typically, a train first transforms the high supply voltage (e.g. 15 kV) down to a lower voltage range (< 1000 V). The power is then further transformed to different voltage levels and inverted to different frequencies (e.g. 16.7 Hz, 50 Hz, 25 Hz, DC).
Because of this, the testing of the power system of railways needs a high channel count and the possibility to analyze at different voltage levels and frequencies. Dewesoft can easily provide a one-box solution for such tests.
For the typical configuration, we recommend a R8D data acquisition system configured for:
1x 3-phase power
3x 1-phase power
3x DC power
Voltages up to 66 kV
Currents up to 8000 A
DC and AC power (16.7 Hz, 25 Hz, 50 Hz, 60 Hz)
Video, GPS, acceleration, CAN, displacement, etc.
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