Abstract:
An electric motor rotor includes a substantially cylindrical body, which conducts a magnetic field, and defines at least one housing receiving a group of magnets that includes at least two permanent magnets. Two circumferentially adjacent magnets of the housing are separated from one another by an air knife.
Abstract:
A ground level power supply system includes a live track capable of being brought to a supply voltage and a neutral track for the return current, with the live track being constituted of rectangular segments; a first voltage source capable of supplying a low supply voltage and a second voltage source capable of supplying a high supply voltage, each segment being connected by a controlled selector either to the first voltage source, or to the second voltage source; a speedometer capable of measuring the speed of a vehicle travelling over a section of a roadway equipped with the system; and a selection device capable of acquiring the vehicle speed measured by the speedometer, then comparing the speed measured with a threshold speed, and controlling the selector based on the results of the comparison.
Abstract:
A railroad network (10) having a track (12), a network energy supply (14) and a plurality of trains (16) that are connectable to the network energy supply (14) via means (20) for connecting the train (16) to the network energy supply (14) and each have an internal energy storage system (24) for receiving and storing energy originating from said train (16) or from trains (16) of the railroad network (10) and for supplying energy to said train (16) or to trains (16) of the railroad network (10). Each train (16) is able to switch from an operational state in which it is able to move along the system of rails (12) and an idle state in which it is unable to move along the system of rails (12) and vice versa.At least one of the trains (16) of the railroad network (10) is in the idle and energized state at the same time, its internal energy storage system (24) being connected to the network energy supply (14).
Abstract:
An assembly includes a locomotive, equipped with a roof line, electrically connected to a pantograph, a control system and a sensing circuit. The control system orders, depending on the voltage on the roof line detected by the sensing circuit, the open or closed state of a switch between the roof line and a power supply circuit of the motors of the locomotive. The assembly also includes a tender, coupled to the locomotive and carrying batteries suitable for delivering a current for supplying the motors. The tender is electrically connected to the locomotive in such a way that a first terminal of the batteries is connected to the roof line and a second terminal of the batteries is connected to a point of the locomotive set to a reference potential.
Abstract:
A method and system for inspecting a rail by guided waves, the rail being instrumented by sensors. The method comprises the steps of receiving elastic wave measurements from one or more sensors, as a train passes, releasing energy as guided waves into the rail; and of determining a function representative of the impulse response of the rail and the sensors. Developments describe how to determine the existence, position and characterisation of a defect in the rail (e.g. fracture, incipient fracture, etc.), the use of inter-correlation analyses, correlation of the coda of correlations, Passive Inverse Filter, imaging techniques. Other aspects are described for exploring rail defects: sensor position and movement, acquisition time, sampling frequency, frequency filters, amplifications, techniques for learning during successive train passes, signal injection by transducers. Software aspects are described.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a light management device for a vehicle, in particular a railway vehicle, the vehicle comprising at least one car. The device comprises:
at least one light source, the at least one light source emitting light radiation with at least one optical characteristic, at least one sensor selected from a sensor for measuring a passenger density aboard the vehicle, such as an axle load sensor, a vehicle position sensor, and/or a clock, a control unit connected to the at least one sensor, and to the at least one light source, the control unit being configured to control the at least one optical characteristic of the light radiation based on a measurement of the at least one sensor.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for sending information to an individual (11) located in the environment of a vehicle (10), the method comprising the following steps:
acquiring an image of the environment of the vehicle (10), detecting, where applicable, at least one individual (11) on the acquired image, determining a probability of collision between the individual (11) detected on the acquired image and the vehicle (10), sending at least one item of information to the detected individual (11), the information sent depending on the determined probability of collision, the steps of detecting, determining and sending being repeated, for the same individual (11), with subsequent acquired images as long as said individual (11) is detected on said images and as long as the probability of collision is greater than a threshold.
Abstract:
A system for controlling one or more vital wayside devices of a railway network, comprising one or more vital switches, each vital switch being comprised in or operatively connected to an associated device of the one or more vital wayside devices, and a controller which is configured to control the one or more vital wayside devices. The controller is connected to each of the one or more vital switches by means of at least one optical fiber cable and is configured to output one or more light command signals over the at least one optical fiber cable, and each vital switch is configured to switch from an open status to a closed status to provide power and ground to the associated vital wayside device upon receiving at least one corresponding light command signal outputted by the controller for commanding an action of the associated vital wayside device.
Abstract:
A railway vehicle includes a car body having a shell frame surrounding an internal area suitable for accommodating passengers, and a power generator connected to an external side of the car body and including an outlet for discharging out a liquid produced during generation of electricity. A hydraulic system is in fluid communication with the outlet and receives at least part of the liquid produced during generation of electricity. The hydraulic system includes a first end portion connected to the outlet, a second end portion, spaced apart from the first end portion, for draining out from the hydraulic system the received liquid, and a third intermediate portion which is interconnected between the first and second end portions and is placed, at least partially, in the internal area of the car body, which is adapted to be heated before receiving passengers.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a vehicle comprising an electricity production unit configured for generating an electrical current, a transformer unit and a fuel storage unit, the production unit comprising at least two fuel cell stacks and a single first electrical connection interface for transmitting the electrical current to the transformer unit. The production unit further comprises a single cooling circuit, an air supply circuit and a single gaseous hydrogen supply circuit for supplying gaseous hydrogen, from the fuel storage unit, to each fuel cell stack. The production unit is separate from the fuel storage unit and connected to the fuel storage unit by a single connection interface, the production unit being removable from the vehicle as an integrated unit independently from the fuel storage unit.