Abstract:
The present invention has its application to a system for driving an electric and by one or more batteries powered vehicle along a roadway, comprising “a” one or more vehicles, which may be driven by an individual electric motor or motors and where in the respective vehicles exhibit a power-controlling control circuit for creating the necessary power and/or speed control and wherein required power i.a. can be provided primarily by a chargeable can be provided primarily by a chargeable battery set associated with the vehicle and “b” a plurality of road sections road portions divisible for the roadway, each being allotted one or more vehicle external electric stations for charging the battery set thereby and/or for supplying necessary power and energy for driving the vehicle. The underneath side of the mentioned vehicle is provided with a contact means displaceably positioned up and down and sideways, counted in the direction of transportation. Said roadway and its road sections or portions exhibits an elongated track or groove, each road section is supporting two rails in the groove and disposed under the driving path of the road section or portion. The rails being supplied with current and voltage. Said contact means is coordinated with a control equipment for creating simple adaptation of the contact means for registering the contact means for mechanical and electrical contact against said two rails.
Abstract:
An arrangement adapted for letting water pass by electrical conductors and their contact surfaces related to a track of a system adapted for electrically driving a vehicle along a roadway. The vehicle is provided with a current collector which is displaceable up and down and sideways in relation to the direction of transportation, in order to be brought into mechanical and electrical contact with elongated tracks positioned below the roadway and comprising a conductor adapted to be supplied with current and put under voltage. At least two or three tracks are disposed parallel to each other in a common rail structure, with at least two of these tracks being adapted to support and contain individual electrical conductors with contact surfaces put under voltage, and wherein at least one track is disposed closer to the highest point of the roadway and adjacent to a track containing one of said conductors with contact surfaces, which may be put under voltage.
Abstract:
A plant for transmitting electric power through HVDC includes two converter stations interconnected by a bipolar direct voltage network and each connected to an alternating voltage network. Each converter station has a Voltage Source Converter with switching cells each including at least one energy storing capacitor. The Voltage Source Converters are configured to utilize a direct voltage having a higher magnitude for a first of the poles than for a second thereof with respect to ground.
Abstract:
A DC cable for high voltages having at least an inner conductor surrounded by an insulating layer configured to take the voltage to be taken between the conductor and the surroundings of the cable. The insulating layer is formed by a plurality of superimposed film-like layers of insulating material each having isolated areas of metal on top thereof. The metal areas of consecutive such film-like layers are at least partially overlapping each other as seen in the radial direction of the cable so as to create a large number of small capacitors in said insulating layer of the cable.
Abstract:
A high voltage dry-type reactor is series-connected via a first terminal to an AC supply voltage and via a second terminal to the AC phase terminal of a high voltage converter and includes a cylindrical coil of insulated wire. In order to protect the reactor from a damaging DC field, the reactor further includes a metallic or resistive electrostatic shield which is connected to a same DC potential as the converter.
Abstract:
A high voltage DC switchyard comprises at least one busbar, at lest two DC lines connected to said at least one busbar through DC breakers comprising a section of at least one semiconductor device of turn-off type and rectifying member in anti-parallel therewith. At least one said DC line is connected to at least one said busbar through a unidirectional said DC breaker, i.e. a DC breaker that may only block current therethrough in one direction.
Abstract:
A high voltage DC breaker apparatus configured to break a fault current occurring in a high voltage DC conductor includes a current limiting arrangement having at least one section with at least one semiconductor device of turn-off type and at least one arrester connected in parallel therewith, and a mechanical DC breaker connected in series with the current limiting arrangement and including a mechanical switch. The mechanical DC breaker is configured to enable breaking of a fault current in said DC conductor once said semiconductor devices of said arrangement have been turned off.
Abstract:
This invention comprises a vehicle-related system (S) adapted for driving an electrically and by one or more batteries driven vehicle (1, 5) along a distance of a road-way, comprising; “a” one or more vehicles (1) driven by an individual electric motor or motors (5), wherein the respective vehicles (1) exhibit a control circuit (“R2”) for creating necessary power and/or speed control and wherein a required power can i.a. be supplied primarily by a battery set up (“II”, “B”) allotted to the vehicle and being chargeable, and “b” a plurality of road sections or portions (2a1) subdividing the stretch of a roadway (2), each one allotted one or more electric stations (“III”, “s1”) in the form of an external source of power for thereof charging the battery set up (“II”,“B”) and/or supplying the necessary power and energy for driving the vehicle (1). A circuit (151), determining instantaneous power content of the battery set up, is adapted, in determining a predetermined level of power lying below a maximized power content, and in an occurring feed voltage for the external source of power (“III”, “s1”) to connect the external source of power over a switch (43a) allotted to the source of power for offering charging of the battery set and/or for offering power and energy feeding of said motor (5) over said circuit (“R1”) controlling the power.
Abstract:
The present invention comprises a cleaning and/or cleansing means (41) related to a vehicle-related system for driving an electrically and by one or more batteries drivable vehicle (1) along a stretch of roadway, said system (S) is comprising: a one or more over an individual electric motor (5) or motors drivable vehicles (1), with the respective vehicles (1) exhibiting a control circuit (R1) controlling the power for creating a necessary power or speed control and wherein a necessary power can be provided i.a. primarily by a set of rechargeable batteries B allotted to the vehicle and b a plurality of road sections or portions (2a1, 2a) subdividing the stretch of the roadway, each roadway portion being allotted a track (51) and one or more electric stations (“s1”, III) so as to thereby charge the batteries (“B”) of the vehicle and/or supply necessary power and energy for driving the vehicle (1). A means (80) cleansing the track (51) from loose objects, such as sand, gravel, water, snow, and the like, and/or displaceable by solid obstacles (81), is rotatably fastened in its upper area (145) by means of a horizontally oriented axis (82) of rotation, so that the cleansing means (80) and said axis of rotation (82) are movably attached in vertical direction towards and away from a chassis, allotted to the vehicle, by a spring means (150). The means (80) is disposed with a forwardly directed edge portion (83) oriented in the direction of travel (“P”), said edge portion being allotted a point (83a), connected to or closely related to a track (51) and its contact surface (4a′).
Abstract:
A Voltage Source Converter having at least one phase leg connected to opposite poles of a direct voltage side of the converter and comprising a series connection of switching elements including at least one energy storing capacitor and configured to obtain two switching states, namely a first switching state and a second switching state, in which the voltage across said at least one energy storing capacitor and a zero voltage, respectively, is applied across the terminals of the switching element, has semiconductor chips of said switching elements arranged in stacks comprising each at least two semiconductor chips. The converter comprises an arrangement configured to apply a pressure to opposite ends of each stack.