The need to provide the required electrical capacities of the transport infrastructure facilities of the Baikal-Amur and Trans-Siberian highways

Abstract

THE PURPOSE. To study the need to provide the required electrical capacities of the transport infrastructure facilities of the Baikal-Amur and Trans-Siberian highways. Today, increasing the transportation capacity of the railway transport system in the Eastern direction is an important transport task.. The solution of problems related to the creation of transport infrastructure is inextricably linked with the creation of sources of electric power in the presented scientific work, the authors analyzed the technical failures of the equipment of traction substations of the railway line. This analysis revealed that the main cause of equipment failures of the traction power supply system is equipment wear. It accounts for about 45% of failures, which is certainly a lot. METHODS. In order to identify technically weak zones on the established section of the railway line, taking into account the passage of heavy trains for the prospective development of the Baikal-Amur and Trans-Siberian highways, traction calculations were performed using the Kortes software package as part of the increase in freight traffic in the eastern direction. RESULTS. The calculated values obtained with the existing dimensions of the organization of train traffic allowed us to conclude that the traction power supply system of the section in question does not allow to provide the necessary level of traction network parameters and skip the planned train flow. The largest number of failures falls on the equipment of traction substation No. 4, which necessitates the replacement or modernization of this equipment. CONCLUSION. The expediency of reconstruction of traction substations is determined, taking into account the prospective state of operation of the site.