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Vol: 51(65) No: 3 / September 2006

Optimal Operation of Railway Induction Traction Motor Using Extremum Control
Rodica Festila
Department of Automatic Control, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Automation and Computer Science, Baritiu Str. 26-28, 400027 Cluj-Napoca, Romania, e-mail: Rodica.Festila@aut.utcluj.ro
Eva Dulf
Department of Automatic Control, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Automation and Computer Science, Baritiu Str. 26-28, 400027 Cluj-Napoca, Romania, e-mail: Eva.Dulf@aut.utcluj.ro
Clement Festila
Department of Automatic Control, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Automation and Computer Science, Baritiu Str. 26-28, 400027 Cluj-Napoca, Romania, e-mail: Clement.Festila@aut.utcluj.ro


Keywords: extremum control system, induction traction motor control, railway application.

Abstract
One possibility for the optimal operation of the induction motor is achieved by keeping the total losses at a minimum level, a practical solution being the extremum control. The key-element for the successful application of the extremum control system is the slope identification in order to solve the ambiguity, inherent by a nonlinear static curve with extremum. Using some original solutions, the paper deals with the application of the extremum control systems in the speed control of the induction motor used in railway traction, in order to improve the efficiency. Validity of the proposed solutions is proved by numerical simulation using SIMULINK. In the paper is emphasized the importance of the active losses resistance (Rc).

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