Abstract
The structure of railway electrification system is a single-phase line, it uses power electronics devices and has a time varying load characteristic. This is a cause of considerable current unbalance, harmonics and variable reactive power consumption. This usually leads to power quality problems affecting the proper operation of the equipment. Because of the train's unique operation and electrification characteristics, power quality has been a major problem in railway networks. Throughout the history of railway electrification, many research were dedicated to power quality studies. A variety of power conditioning devices have been explored and deployed to traction systems. In this paper, a power quality problem investigation is done by evaluating and measuring major power quality parameters to confirm the mentioned problems on the Ethio-Djibouti railway line. The power quality quantities are measured using Chauvin Arnoux CA 8335 device and relevant data for power quality analysis are extracted using POWER log 5.8 software. Moreover, the power reliability is also evaluated for the same railway network by considering two substations, respectively the Hurso and Adigala substation. The power reliability studies are carried out by considering the recorded outage data due to Overvoltages for a period of one year. The measured data indicates a low power factor which even amounts 0.2, a maximum current unbalance values of 70% and harmonic distortion of 50%. The longest power outage due to over-voltage was 202 hours in January at Adigala substation with a power supply availability of 0.70 p.u in the 2020 years.
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