Lecture 12: Electric Railway
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Section titled “Source Metadata”| Field | Value |
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| Source | General Lectures on Electrical Engineering |
| Year | 1908 |
| Section ID | general-lectures-electrical-engineering-lecture-12 |
| Location | lines 5295-7123 |
| Status | candidate |
| Word Count | 3175 |
| Equation Candidates In Section | 6 |
| Figure Candidates In Section | 6 |
| Quote Candidates In Section | 0 |
Opening Source Excerpt
Section titled “Opening Source Excerpt”TWELFTH LECTURE ELECTRIC RAILWAY TRAIN CHARACTERISTICS The performance of a railway consists of acceleration, motion and retardation, that is, starting, running and stopping. The characteristics of the railway motor are: 1. Reliability. 2. Limited available space, which permits less margin in the design, so that the railway motor runs at a higher temp- erature, and has a shorter life, than other electrical apparatus. The rating of a railway motor is therefore entirely determined by its heating. That is, the rating of a railway motor is that output which it can carry without its temperature exceeding the danger limit. The highest possible efficiency is therefore aimed at, not so much for the purpose of saving a few percent, of power, but because the power lost produces heat and so reduces the motor output. 3. Very variableSource-Located Theme Snippets
Section titled “Source-Located Theme Snippets”Complex quantities
Section titled “Complex quantities”... nary trolley car in the streets of a city or town. Moderate speeds, frequent stops, and running at vari- able speeds, and frequently even at very low speeds, are char- acteristic. 3. Suburban and interurban lines. That is, lines leading from cities into suburbs and to adjacent cities, through less densely populated districts. Characteristics are less frequent stops, varying speeds, and the ability to run at fairly high speeds as well as low speeds. 4. Long distance and trunk line railroading. Characteristics are: infrequent stops, high spee ...Radiation / light
Section titled “Radiation / light”... l^. 29. Choose for instance, a maximum acceleration and maxi- mum braking of two miles per hour per second, and assuming a retardation of one-quarter mile per hour per second by fric- tion (that is, assuming that the car slows down one-quarter mile per second, when running light on a level track) ; if then the time of one complete run between two stations is given equal to A B in Fig. 29, the simplest t)rpe of run consists of constant acceleration, from A to C, on the line A a, drawn 152 GENERAL LECTURES under a slope of two miles per hour per s ...Field language
Section titled “Field language”... l. In elevator work the series motor is objectionable, due to the unlimited speed ; therefore a limited speed motor is neces- sary. In elevators frequent stops, and so efficient acceleration are necessary; therefore a compound motor is best, that is, a motor having a shunt field to limit the speed and a series field (which is ait out after starting) to give efficient acceleration.Ether references
Section titled “Ether references”... shut off and the car coasts until the brakes are applied. The area A M C D B, representing the distance between the stations, is the same as in i ; the opera- tion efficiency is somewhat lower, but the total current con- sumption, as shown by the curves of current, shown together ; ..V.PEKTY OF tLECTROL LABORATORY, j FACULTY OF APrtlEO SCIENCE. j i 158 GENERAL LECTURES n n F 6 .7^ J ^ y ^ ' C X /^ ^ > ^> «:::: ■^ / ' y -^ >. --» \ / / -"t ;::: ^ -c j^ ^ "^^ ^ tv D ■ ...Chapter-Local Concept Hits
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general-lectures-electrical-engineering-eq-candidate-0087 | 4. Long distance and trunk line railroading. | line 5360 |
general-lectures-electrical-engineering-eq-candidate-0088 | time of the run, of 130 seconds, and constant distance between | line 5573 |
general-lectures-electrical-engineering-eq-candidate-0089 | consumed by the brakes is given by the speed E F = 34.5 miles | line 5580 |
general-lectures-electrical-engineering-eq-candidate-0090 | second. Constant speed running between. Fig. 30. Compared | line 5692 |
general-lectures-electrical-engineering-eq-candidate-0091 | 3. Constant acceleration of one mile per hour per | line 5717 |
general-lectures-electrical-engineering-eq-candidate-0092 | 4. Constant acceleration and braking of one mile per | line 5860 |
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general-lectures-electrical-engineering-fig-030 | ^ Fig. 30. 2. Acceleration and retardation at two miles per hour per second. Constant speed running between. Fig. 30. Compared | line 5689 |
general-lectures-electrical-engineering-fig-031 | _ Fig. 31. gram i is shown in the same figure 31, for comparison. As seen, with the lower rate of acceleration, the maximum speed | line 5852 |
general-lectures-electrical-engineering-fig-032 | ^ g. Fig. 32. mum speed and the lost speed are still greater, that is, the efficiency of the run still lower, and at least 145 seconds | line 5908 |
general-lectures-electrical-engineering-fig-034 | 1 Fig. 34. with the speed time curves, is much less, and the power con- sumption therefore is less ; that is, the total efficiency is higher. | line 6448 |
general-lectures-electrical-engineering-fig-035 | B Fig. 35. ELECTRIC RAILWAY | line 6649 |
general-lectures-electrical-engineering-fig-036 | _ Fig. 36. be impaired again by carrying this too far. Usually the rheostat is all cut out and the acceleration continues on the | line 6859 |
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