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Introduction hand book on GM locomotive February 2006
• Control systems.
• Battery charging.
• F. P. Motor.
• Turbo charger soak-back pump.
• Lighting and Misc. equipment.
DC link voltage
During motoring the DC output from the main generator
is called the DC link voltage & is supplied to traction inverters.
DC link voltage varies with throttle position from 600 V DC to
2600 V DC at 8
th
notch.
There is one traction inverter for each set of three
parallel traction motors. The two traction inverters TCC1 and
TCC2 invert the DC link voltage in to variable voltage and
variable frequency 3 phase AC voltage. Both inverters are in
turn controlled by EM2000 computer.
Dynamic braking
During dynamic braking the energy of the moving train
is transmitted into rotating energy in the Traction motors. AC
supply generated by all TMs will be fed back to traction
inverters TCC1 and TCC2 and is converted to DC. The
converted DC supply is now fed to dynamic braking grids
which dissipate the electrical power in the form of the heat.
This loss of energy causes train to slow down. EM2000
maintains the braking efforts required by the driver.
EM2000 computer
Both inverters are directly controlled by EM 2000
locomotive control computer, which displays control system
information on the screen. Most control and protective
functions are programmed into the EM2000 computer that
monitors critical functions in the locomotive power system
provides a display message if a fault occurs. For serious faults
the EM 2000 also sounds the alarm bell and & takes corrective
action.