• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.1020-1026
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose a method that measures the height and stagger of an catenary using the laser profile images. One line laser and area scanner CCD cameras are used. To quickly and accurately extract, from a photographed image, the area of the overhead line on which the line laser is shone, we consider the established fact that the catenary is the lowest among the electric wires. Here we are solving the the distance to the catenary if we know the distance the camera is from the ground and the angle of the catenary in the field of view. The angle will be related to the number of pixels in the image. This pixels per degree is a constant for the camera. Also, because of the different pixel resolution of the camera according to the overhead line position, we compensate the measurement result through camera calibration.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.1071-1072
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 고속철도 전차선로 드롭퍼 와이어의 파단현상에 대해 분석을 통하여 철도운행의 안정성 향상을 위한 기초연구를 수행하였다. 300km/h로 주행하는 KTX의 판토그래프와 전차선이 직접 접촉하면서 발생되는 기계적 피로도의 누적으로 인한 증가로 경부고속선 전차선로 시스템의 장애사고 예방을 목적으로 하고 있다. 추후, 고속철도 전차선로 드롭퍼 수명한계 측정으로 유지보수관리 체계 효율화와 분석된 파단원인을 바탕으로 드롭퍼 구조개선 방안을 마련하여 합리적 개량방안 수립을 하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.7-13
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• 2014

Stiffness variations and wave propagation/reflection in railway catenaries are the primary sources of contact loss between a pantograph and a railway contact wire. This paper analyzes which design parameter is more important for 200km/h conventional rail and 300km/h high-speed rail, in order to effectively reduce the contact loss. For the high-speed rail, the wave propagation and reflection in the overhead contact lines are more influential than the stiffness variation over a span. When the high-speed rail needs to speed-up, it is necessary to develop higher strength contact wires in order to increase the wave propagation speed. In addition, the dropper clamp mass should be reduced in order to alleviate the wave reflection. However, it is noted that the increase in the tension to a messenger wire could deteriorate the current collection quality, which contrasts with expectations. For the 200km/h conventional rail, the stiffness variation over a span is more influential than the wave propagation and reflection. Therefore, shortening span length, increasing the tension in the contact wire and optimizing the location of the droppers are recommended for a smoother stiffness variation over the span.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.447-453
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• 2012

It is studied that the structure of the contact plane geometry of the contact wire would be changed when the contact wire tension is increased in the existing overhead contact lines for the purpose of improving the operation speed temporarily. In this paper, the dropper length formula which could be well applied to the pre-sagged catenary is reviewed first. Second, the changing amount of the pre-sag if the contact wire tension change from 20kN to 23kN or from 20kN to 25kN for the Gyeongbu HSL(high speed line) 49.5m catenary is evaluated by using of the self-written program in accordance with the dropper length formula. Moreover, the increasing tension and measuring the pre-sag change experiment in the Gyeongbu 2 HSL was conducted. The calculated data are compared with the measured data. As a result, it is found that the geometry change is very little and will not make the current collection performance deteriorated.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.22 no.9
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• pp.69-74
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• 2008

The frost and freezing on contact wire in winter is a very serious problem Shocks at the mechanical interface of the collecting strips of the pantograph and the contact wire. Extra electrical resistance, which may affect quality of current collection at the contact wire / collecting strips of pantograph interface. De-icing system is to melt frost or freezing in contact wire. The principle of do-icing system is to melt frost or ice by Joule heat of contact wire impedance. The temperature of the contact wire was increased with increasing the current. But temperature of contact wire was decreased with increasing the velocity of the wind.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.105-106
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• 2008

전기철도에서 전차선은 차량에 직접 전력을 공급하는 설비로서 철도차량 운행 시 전차선의 사고를 예방하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 본 논문은 한국과 영국의 전기철도 전차선로의 안전성을 비교하기 위하여 영국의 전차선 안전성 분석 보고서와 한국의 전차선의 장애사례에 대한 데이터를 검토하였다. 분석한 데이터는 Fault Tree Analysis(FTA) 알고리즘에 적용하여 시스템의 신뢰도를 산정하는데 사용하였다. 이를 통해 전기철도 급전시스템의 사고율을 산정하여 각 요소별 및 전체 시스템의 신뢰도를 산정할 수 있었으며, 이는 유지보수주기 결정, 교체필요 요소의 결정 등에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.569-574
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• 2008

Catenary and Pantograph are used to transmit electrical energy to electric railways. Catenary (Overhead Contact Lines) should be installed precisely and managed for stable train operations. But external factors such as weather, temperature, etc., or aging affect catenary geometry. Changed catenary stagger and height cause high voltage spark or instant electric contact loss. Big spark derived from contact loss can damage the pantograph carbon strip and overhead contact lines that might interrupt the train operations. Therefore, to prevent a big scale spark or electric contact loss, catenary maintenance are required catenary geometry measurement systems with catenary maintenance capability. In this paper, we describe the development of catenary height and stagger measurement system. The catenary height and stagger measurement system uses Acuity company's AR4000 Laser Range Finder for distance measurement and AccuRange Line Scanner for degree measurement. This system detects suspicious overhead line sections with excessive stagger and height stagger variance.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.76-81
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• 2000

972년 태백선을 시작으로 우리나라에 전기철도가 도입된 이래 수도권에 전기철도가 건설되어 운행되어왔고 최근에는 수도권 광역 전철망, 충북선 전철화, 경부선 전구간의 전철화 등 기존철도의 전철화 사업이 지속적으로 추진되고 있다 한편으로 경부고속철도의 건설과 함께 기존철도의 운행속도 향상, 시스템 보호 및 유지 보수의 현대화 등이 과제로 등장하였고 이를 해결하기 위하여 최신 전차선로 설비의 도입 등과 함께 전철 시스템의 전반적 기술검토의 필요성이 제기되었다.(중략)

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.37-43
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• 2010

Catenary (Overhead Contact Lines) and Pantograph are used to transmit electrical energy to electric railways. An Arc occurs by unstable contact between catenary and pantograph during electric railways operation, which causes malfunctioning or even an accident. Therefore, to prevent a arc or electric contact loss are required arc detection systems with catenary maintenance capability. This paper describes developing of catenary arc detection system using photo detector in order to detect arc incidence in a indirect way. This developed system can also achieve Video-recordings and environmental conditions such as wire voltage/current, pantograph height, speed, position of electric railways, and temperature/humidity. This system have been evaluated at the section that bounds for dongdaegu from seoul. From the experimental results, the occurrence of arc and intensity of arc are mainly effected by wire voltage/current, pantograph height and speed of electric railways.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.29 no.7
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• pp.566-569
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• 2018

A power line coupler that can apply high-frequency power to a railway overhead line structure was analyzed. It is difficult to supply auxiliary power to an overhead line in a high-voltage environment, and doing so requires a long-distance transfer. A method is proposed that utilizes the resonance on the Rogowski coil, which does not use a magnetic core. A simple overhead line structure was fabricated that consisted of a contact wire, messenger wire, and dropper. Couplers of various sizes were fabricated and deployed on the messenger wire, and the transfer characteristics of the two couplers were compared at a distance. As a result of applying the matching circuit to the coupler, the transmission efficiency was 53% at a distance of 2.5 m. The proposed method shows that it is possible to apply the auxiliary power by using the existing conductor in a special structure, such as the overhead line.