A Review on Different Aspects of Traction Motor Design for Railway Applications
Journal article, 2020

This paper presents a review of the current traction motor topologies available in the railway market in three parts. In the first part, essential aspects of the electromagnetic design of railway traction motors, e.g. motor sizing and rotor configurations, are discussed. Different topologies are compared considering the wide range of applications. The pros and cons of each topology in specific applications are highlighted based on the corresponding performance requirements. Different cooling configurations of traction motors common in railway are reviewed in the paper second part where focus is placed on the solutions based on air cooling. The third part presents a review of the available insulation systems for traction motors. Two primary insulation systems used in traction applications with thermal classes of H and N are discussed. The focus in this paper is placed on the main applications in railway including light rail vehicles, metros, electric multiple units, high speed trains and locomotives. Additionally, trends in traction motors development in the coming years are reported separately for electromagnetic, cooling and insulation designs.

self-ventilated motor.

light rail vehicle

induction motor

high-speed train

Electric multiple units

forced-ventilated motor

locomotive

permanent magnet motor

Author

Shafigh Nategh

ABB

Aldo Boglietti

Polytechnic University of Turin

Yujing Liu

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Electric Power Engineering

Daniel Barber

Lord Corporation

Ron Brammer

Asplunds Industriprodukter AB

David Lindberg

ABB

Ola Aglen

ABB

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

0093-9994 (ISSN) 1939-9367 (eISSN)

Vol. 56 3 2148-2157 8964446

Analysis and Improvement of Insulation System of Traction Motors Exposed to High-switching Frequency Converters

ABB , 2018-12-14 -- 2020-06-15.

Swedish Energy Agency, 2018-12-14 -- 2020-06-15.

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Areas of Advance

Transport

Subject Categories

Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1109/TIA.2020.2968414

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