A power conversion device achieves size reduction and reliability by reducing the number of components of the system. The power conversion device has a semiconductor module of a half-bridge configuration in which two semiconductor elements are arranged in series. The semiconductor module has a cuboidal shape and has, along a longitudinal direction thereof, a positive pole terminal, a negative pole terminal, and terminals for inputting or outputting alternating current or for forming a single phase of the power conversion device. In the vertical direction corresponding to a widthwise direction of the cuboid, a plurality of the semiconductor modules are arranged vertically, forming a plurality of phases of the power conversion device. The semiconductor modules of the plurality of phases are installed in contact with a cooling unit, and one or more capacitors are disposed so as to face the cooling unit across the semiconductor modules of the plurality of phases.

A power conversion device achieves size reduction and reliability by reducing the number of components of the system. The power conversion device has a semiconductor module of a half-bridge configuration in which two semiconductor elements are arranged in series. The semiconductor module has a cuboidal shape and has, along a longitudinal direction thereof, a positive pole terminal, a negative pole terminal, and terminals for inputting or outputting alternating current or for forming a single phase of the power conversion device. In the vertical direction corresponding to a widthwise direction of the cuboid, a plurality of the semiconductor modules are arranged vertically, forming a plurality of phases of the power conversion device. The semiconductor modules of the plurality of phases are installed in contact with a cooling unit, and one or more capacitors are disposed so as to face the cooling unit across the semiconductor modules of the plurality of phases.

In this power converter for a railroad vehicle, a cooling portion includes a first cooling portion arranged to block up an opening while ensuring watertightness and to come into contact with a semiconductor element through the opening, and a second cooling portion provided to be opposed to an outer surface of a power converter body not provided with the opening and adjacent to a side provided with the first cooling portion.

In this power converter for a railroad vehicle, a cooling portion includes a first cooling portion arranged to block up an opening while ensuring watertightness and to come into contact with a semiconductor element through the opening, and a second cooling portion provided to be opposed to an outer surface of a power converter body not provided with the opening and adjacent to a side provided with the first cooling portion.

For starting an AC electric motor of a mining vehicle, it is first accelerated to a first speed with a second AC voltage provided by an onboard battery-powered inverter of the mining vehicle. A phase of a first AC voltage taken from an external grid is compared to a phase of said second AC voltage. If the phase difference between the first and second AC voltages is larger than a predetermined limit, the speed at which said inverter rotates said AC electric motor is changed. If the difference between the phases of the first and second AC voltages is smaller than the predetermined limit, a change is made from rotating the AC electric motor with the second AC voltage to rotating the AC electric motor with the first AC voltage.

An electrified railway power supply system without negative sequence in the whole process and without power supply networks at intervals, can comprise an external power supply system, an input power supply system from external to internal, and an internal power supply system. For external power supply, single-phase power supply is changed to double-phase power supply, and power of a single phase is input to the power supply system within the train via a contactor on a left arm and a right arm of a double-phase pantograph. No neutral section for passing of phase separation is provided in the whole process of operation, and a plurality of sections in the whole process are provided with no power supply network at intervals, and the motor train unit can operate normally without mechanical support for the power supply network.

An electrified railway power supply system without negative sequence in the whole process and without power supply networks at intervals, can comprise an external power supply system, an input power supply system from external to internal, and an internal power supply system. For external power supply, single-phase power supply is changed to double-phase power supply, and power of a single phase is input to the power supply system within the train via a contactor on a left arm and a right arm of a double-phase pantograph. No neutral section for passing of phase separation is provided in the whole process of operation, and a plurality of sections in the whole process are provided with no power supply network at intervals, and the motor train unit can operate normally without mechanical support for the power supply network.

The invention relates to an arrangement (11, 21, 41) for transferring electric energy to a vehicle, in particular to a track bound vehicle such as a light rail vehicle (81) or to a road automobile, whereinthe arrangement (11, 21, 41) comprises an electric conductor arrangement (41) for producing an alternating electromagnetic field and for thereby transferring the energy, the conductor arrangement (41) comprises a plurality of consecutive segments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5), wherein the segments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) extend in the direction of travel of the vehicle, each of the consecutive segments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) comprises at least one alternating current line (44a, 44b, 44c) for carrying a phase of an alternating current in order to produce the alternating electromagnetic field, each of the consecutive segments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) is combined with an assigned controller (CTR1; 31) adapted to control the operation of the segment (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) independently of the other segments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5), at least two neighbouring segments (41a, 41b) of the consecutive segments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) are inductively coupled to each other so that a first segment (41b) of the neighbouring segments (41a, 41b), while the first segment (41b) is operated under control of its assigned controller (CTR1; 31), induces a voltage and thereby produces an induced alternating electric current in a second segment (41a) of the neighbouring segments (41a, 41b), if the second segment (41a) is not operated under control of its assigned controller (CTR1; 31), the arrangement (11, 21, 41) comprises a controllable coupling (S1) for coupling the second segment (41a) to a load (RL; F1, S1; 105), which controllable coupling (S1) has a first operating state in which the second segment (41a) is coupled to the load (RL; F1, S1; 105) so that any alternating electric current in the second segment (41a) is damped by the load (RL; F1, S1; 105), and has a second operating state in which the second segment (41a) is not coupled to the load (RL; F1, S1; 105) so that any alternating electri

Provided is a collected current monitoring device. A transformer current acquisition unit acquires a current value I.sub.p of a current flowing through a part of a plurality of transformers. A total collected current calculation unit calculates a current value I.sub.all of a collected current supplied by a plurality of current collectors from the current value I.sub.p by using a following Equation (1): I.sub.all=I.sub.p(M.sub.all/M.sub.p). A collected current acquisition unit acquires a current value I.sub.X of a collected current supplied by the current collector(s) other than one current collector. The collected current calculation unit calculates a current value I.sub.Y of a collected current supplied by the one current collector by subtracting the current value I.sub.X from the current value I.sub.all.

Provided is a collected current monitoring device. A transformer current acquisition unit acquires a current value I.sub.p of a current flowing through a part of a plurality of transformers. A total collected current calculation unit calculates a current value I.sub.all of a collected current supplied by a plurality of current collectors from the current value I.sub.p by using a following Equation (1): I.sub.all=I.sub.p(M.sub.all/M.sub.p). A collected current acquisition unit acquires a current value I.sub.X of a collected current supplied by the current collector(s) other than one current collector. The collected current calculation unit calculates a current value I.sub.Y of a collected current supplied by the one current collector by subtracting the current value I.sub.X from the current value I.sub.all.