USE OF SUPERCONDUCTING INDUCTIVE ENERGY storage TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY OF DC TRACTION POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM
Increase of the efficiency of the DC traction power supply system is one of the urgent tasks nowadays. This is due to the development of heavy traffic and exhaustion of classical methods to increase the capacity and carrying capacity on DC sections. The article studies the possibility of using superconducting inductive energy storage at a DC traction substation to increase the efficiency of the traction power supply system. The authors have worked out requirements to the functions of a superconducting inductive energy storage installed at a traction substation. They also offered a scheme of connection of superconducting inductive energy storage at a DC traction substation.