Method for detecting insulation damage location in reflux rail of subway/coal mine and transition resistance thereof

Abstract

A method for detecting an insulation damage location in a reflux rail of a subway/coal mine and a transition resistance thereof includes the following steps: connecting a reflux rail to a negative electrode of a substation, selecting a location at a connecting point as a reference location, and mounting a potential detection apparatus at the reference location; mounting a travel distance detection apparatus and a traction current detection apparatus on a locomotive, traveling, by the locomotive, to the substation along the reflux rail, where the three detection apparatuses send respectively recorded data to a control unit; and determining, by the control unit, a potential jump from received potential data and a corresponding jump time, and determining a running distance of the locomotive at a jump moment and a total running length of the locomotive, so as to determine a ground insulation damage location.

Claims

1. A method for detecting an insulation damage location in a reflux rail of a subway/coal mine and a transition resistance thereof, comprising the following steps: S1: connecting a reflux rail to a negative electrode of a substation by a cable, and selecting a location at a connecting point as a reference location; S2: mounting a potential detection apparatus at the reference location selected in step S1, and acquiring potential data at the reference location at a moment; and meanwhile, mounting a travel distance detection apparatus and a traction current detection apparatus on a locomotive to respectively acquire travel distance data and traction current data of the locomotive at a moment; S3: traveling, by the locomotive, to the substation along the reflux rail, during traveling, continuously acquiring, by the potential detection apparatus, the travel distance detection apparatus, and the traction current detection apparatus, the potential data, the travel distance data, and the traction current data respectively, controlling, by a control unit, a synchronization of acquisition time of the potential detection apparatus, the travel distance detection apparatus, and the traction current detection apparatus, and sending, by the potential detection apparatus, the travel distance detection apparatus, and the traction current detection apparatus, the acquired data to the control unit respectively in a wireless communication manner; S4: discriminating, by the control unit according to a rule wherein a potential jump occurs when a potential change between adjacent sampling intervals exceeds a preset value, a potential jump time and a corresponding jump time from the received potential data; and taking, by the control unit, the travel distance data acquired by the travel distance detection apparatus (5) when the locomotive travels to the reference location as a total running length L.sub.1 of the locomotive, determining a running distance L.sub.2 of the locomotive at a jump moment from the received travel distance data, and using a difference value between the total running length L.sub.1 and the running distance L.sub.2 as a distance L between a ground insulation damage location in the reflux rail and the reference location, that is, L=L.sub.1L.sub.2; and S5: determining, by the control unit, a traction current of the locomotive at the jump moment from the received traction current data and defining the traction current as I, determining a potential at the reference location at the jump moment from the received potential data and defining the potential as v, and calculating, by the control unit, a transition resistance R.sub.z at the ground insulation damage location in the reflux rail according to the distance L between the ground insulation damage location in the reflux rail and the reference location determined in step S4 and a longitudinal resistance R.sub.t and a transition resistance R.sub.g of the reflux rail and by using the following formula: $R_z=-\frac{\begin{array}{c}I.Math.\sqrt{R_t.Math.R_g}.Math.\left[\exp \left(\sqrt{R_t/R_g}.Math.L\right)-\exp \left(-\sqrt{R_t/R_g}.Math.L\right)\right]+\\ v\left[\exp \left(\sqrt{R_t/R_g}.Math.L\right)+\exp \left(-\sqrt{R_t/R_g}.Math.L\right)\right]\end{array}}{\exp \left(\sqrt{R_t/R_g}.Math.L\right)+\exp \left(-\sqrt{R_t/R_g}.Math.L\right)-2}.$

2. The method for detecting an insulation damage location in a reflux rail of a subway/coal mine and a transition resistance thereof according to claim 1, wherein the locomotive is a direct-current traction locomotive.

3. The method for detecting an insulation damage location in a reflux rail of a subway/coal mine and a transition resistance thereof according to claim 1, wherein the potential detection apparatus is formed by a voltage transmission module, a data acquisition module, and a wireless communications module, the reference location is connected to the voltage transmission module by a signal cable, the voltage transmission module converts a potential signal at the reference location according to a data type and range are permitted by the data acquisition module, and the data acquisition module acquires and processes the converted data and sends the data to the control unit by using the wireless communications module.

4. The method for detecting an insulation damage location in a reflux rail of a subway/coal mine and a transition resistance thereof according to claim 1, wherein the travel distance detection apparatus is formed by a rotary encoder, a programmable controller, and a wireless communications module, the rotary encoder is mounted on a wheel axle of the locomotive, the rotary encoder converts a speed signal of the locomotive into a high-speed pulse train to be acquired by a high-speed counter of the programmable controller, and the programmable controller calculates a quantity of revolutions of the wheel axle of the locomotive, uses a product of multiplying the quantity of revolutions by a circumference as the running distance of the locomotive, and sends the running distance to the control unit by using the wireless communications module.

5. The method for detecting an insulation damage location in a reflux rail of a subway/coal mine and a transition resistance thereof according to claim 1, wherein the traction current detection apparatus comprises a fiber current transformer and a wireless communications module, and the fiber current transformer detects the traction current of the locomotive and sends the traction current to the control unit by using the wireless communications module.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a power mode before a locomotive travels past a ground insulation damage location according to the present invention.

(2) Where: 1reflux rail, 2substation, 3potential detection apparatus, 4locomotive, 5travel distance detection apparatus, 6traction current detection apparatus, 7control unit, 11reference location, and 12ground insulation damage location.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

(3) The technical solutions of the present invention are further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

(4) A method for detecting an insulation damage location in a reflux rail of a subway/coal mine and a transition resistance thereof in the present invention is shown in FIG. 1. The method specifically includes:

(5) S1: connecting a reflux rail 1 to a negative electrode of a substation 2 by a cable, and selecting a location 11 at a connecting point as a reference location;

(6) S2: mounting a potential detection apparatus 3 at the reference location selected in step S1, and acquiring potential data at the reference location at a moment; and meanwhile, mounting a travel distance detection apparatus 5 and a traction current detection apparatus 6 on a locomotive 4 to respectively acquire travel distance data and traction current data of the locomotive 4 at a moment;

(7) S3: traveling, by the locomotive 4, to the substation 2 along the reflux rail 1, during traveling, continuously acquiring, by the potential detection apparatus 3, the travel distance detection apparatus 5, and the traction current detection apparatus 6, the potential data, the travel distance data, and the traction current data respectively, where sampling frequencies are all 1000 Hz, controlling, by a control unit 7, the synchronization of acquisition time of the potential detection apparatus 3, the travel distance detection apparatus 5, and the traction current detection apparatus 6, and sending, by the potential detection apparatus 3, the travel distance detection apparatus 5, and the traction current detection apparatus 6, the acquired data to the control unit 7 respectively in a wireless communication manner;

(8) S4: traveling, by the locomotive 4, to the reference location and stopping running, and completing, by the potential detection apparatus 3, the travel distance detection apparatus 5, and the traction current detection apparatus 6, data acquisition and stopping working; discriminating, by the control unit 7 according to a rule that a potential jump occurs when a potential change between adjacent sampling intervals exceeds a preset value, a potential jump and a corresponding jump time from the received potential data, where the preset value may be set according to an actual requirement, for example the preset value set is 1V; and because the acquisition time of the potential detection apparatus 3 and the acquisition time of the travel distance detection apparatus 5 are synchronized, taking, by the control unit 7, the travel distance data acquired by the travel distance detection apparatus 5 when the locomotive 4 travels to the reference location as a total running length L.sub.1 of the locomotive 4, determining a running distance L.sub.2 of the locomotive 4 at a jump moment from the received travel distance data, and using a difference value between the total running length L.sub.1 and the running distance L.sub.2 as a distance L between a ground insulation damage location 12 in the reflux rail 1 and the reference location, that is, L=L.sub.1L.sub.2, to locate a ground insulation damage location in the reflux rail 1; and

(9) S5: determining, by the control unit 7, a traction current of the locomotive 4 at the jump moment from the received traction current data and defining the traction current as I, determining a potential at the reference location at the jump moment from the received potential data and defining the potential as V, and calculating, by the control unit 7, a transition resistance R.sub.z at the ground insulation damage location 12 in the reflux rail 1 according to the distance L between the ground insulation damage location 12 in the reflux rail 1 and the reference location determined in step S4 and a longitudinal resistance R.sub.t and a transition resistance R.sub.g of the reflux rail 1 and by using the following formula:

(10) $R_z=-\frac{\begin{array}{c}I.Math.\sqrt{R_t.Math.R_g}.Math.\left[\exp \left(\sqrt{R_t/R_g}.Math.L\right)-\exp \left(-\sqrt{R_t/R_g}.Math.L\right)\right]+\\ v\left[\exp \left(\sqrt{R_t/R_g}.Math.L\right)+\exp \left(-\sqrt{R_t/R_g}.Math.L\right)\right]\end{array}}{\exp \left(\sqrt{R_t/R_g}.Math.L\right)+\exp \left(-\sqrt{R_t/R_g}.Math.L\right)-2}$

(11) where the longitudinal resistance and transition resistance of the reflux rail 1 are detected physical quantities in a subway or coal mine system.

(12) The locomotive 4 is a direct-current traction locomotive.

(13) The potential detection apparatus 3 is formed by a voltage transmission module, a data acquisition module, and a wireless communications module, the reference location is connected to the voltage transmission module by a signal cable, the voltage transmission module converts a potential signal at the reference location according to a data type and range that are permitted by the data acquisition module, and the data acquisition module acquires and processes the converted data and sends the data to the control unit 7 by using the wireless communications module.

(14) The travel distance detection apparatus 5 is formed by a rotary encoder, a programmable controller, and a wireless communications module, the rotary encoder is mounted on a wheel axle of the locomotive 4, the rotary encoder converts a speed signal of the locomotive 4 into a high-speed pulse train to be acquired by a high-speed counter of the programmable controller, a quantity of high-speed pulses generated when a wheel rotates one revolution and the circumference of the wheel are both known quantities, and the programmable controller calculates a quantity of revolutions of the wheel of the locomotive 4, uses a product of multiplying the quantity of revolutions by the circumference as the running distance of the locomotive 4, and sends the running distance to the control unit 7 by using the wireless communications module.

(15) The traction current detection apparatus 6 includes a fiber current transformer and a wireless communications module, and the fiber current transformer detects the traction current of the locomotive 4 and sends the traction current to the control unit 7 by using the wireless communications module.

(16) The foregoing only provides preferred embodiments of the present invention, but is not intended to limit the present invention in any form. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative effort fall within the scope of protection of the present invention. Any simple modification or equivalent change made to the foregoing embodiments according to the technical essence of the present invention falls within the scope of protection of the present invention.