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2 Functions
2.7
Thermal Overload Protection
The thermal overload protection prevents damage to the overhead contact line caused
by thermal overloading. It is based on the principle of creating a thermal model of the
overhead contact line on the basis of the current load and the ambient temperature.
Where no ambient temperature sensing is provided, a fixed value can be used instead
of an ambient temperature measurement.
2.7.1
Thermal Overload Protection
General
The thermal overload protection can be switched on or off by parameter settings, or
via binary inputs. The figure below shows the control logic:
Figure 2-22
When overload protection is disabled, the thermal replica will also be reset.
The device calculates the overtemperature in accordance with a single-body thermal
model, based on the following differential equation:
with
TEMP
τ
TRise
ITRise
CHANGE TO CAT
I
The solution of this equation is in steady-state operation an e-function whose asymp-
tote represents the final temperature T Rise. The overtemperature is proportional to
the square of the contact line current. When the overtemperature reaches the first set-
table temperature threshold TEMP ALARM, which is below the overtemperature = trip-
ping overtemperature, a warning alarm is given in order to allow a preventive load re-
duction. When the second temperature threshold, i.e. the final overtemperature or
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Control logic of the overload protection
– Current overtemperature (referred to the ambient
temperature)
– Thermal time constant of the contact line
– Final overtemperature at current ITRise
– Current leading to the final temperature TRise
– Parameter for catenary changeover; used for modi-
fying the characteristic where there is more than one
contact line
– Present r.m.s. current
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