WO2012085560A1 - Dispositif de surveillance de circuit de voie ferrée - Google Patents

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WO2012085560A1
WO2012085560A1 PCT/GB2011/052531 GB2011052531W WO2012085560A1 WO 2012085560 A1 WO2012085560 A1 WO 2012085560A1 GB 2011052531 W GB2011052531 W GB 2011052531W WO 2012085560 A1 WO2012085560 A1 WO 2012085560A1
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Simon William Fox
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
    • B61L1/00—Devices along the route controlled by interaction with the vehicle or train
    • B61L1/18—Railway track circuits
    • B61L1/181—Details
    • B61L1/182—Use of current of indifferent sort or a combination of different current types
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
    • B61L1/00—Devices along the route controlled by interaction with the vehicle or train
    • B61L1/18—Railway track circuits
    • B61L1/181—Details
    • B61L1/187—Use of alternating current

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  • the present invention relates to railway track circuit monitors. Background
  • the relay comprises two inductive coils and a pivotable vane, arranged to be capable of pivoting in a magnetic field generated by coils of the relay.
  • the pivoting motion of the vane is converted into linear movement by suitable linkages and the linkages arranged to operate switches.
  • the flux- generating coils are referred to as the local coil and the control coil.
  • the local coil is driven by a respective energising source, such as a fixed reference source derived from a signalling supply, whereas the control coil is driven by the track circuit which includes an energising source and a length of railway track.
  • the presence of a train on the track section will influence the drive signal to the control coil, and will therefore influence operation of the relay, which in turn can be monitored at a base station. It is important to monitor that the relays are operating correctly.
  • a railway track circuit monitor for connection to a track circuit, the track circuit comprising a vane track relay, the monitor comprising a signal processor, the signal processor arranged to receive an input of a control relay drive signal and an input of a local relay drive signal, wherein the signal processor configured to provide an output signal determined by at least the relative phase between the control relay drive signal and the local relay drive signal, which output enables the monitoring of the operation of the track relay.
  • a method of monitoring the operation of a railway vane track relay comprising connecting a railway track circuit monitor to a track circuit, which circuit comprises the vane track relay, and the monitor comprising a signal processor arranged to process a control relay drive signal and a local relay drive signal and generating an output signal which is determined by at least the relative phase between the drive signals, and the output signal enabling the operation of the relay to be monitored
  • Figure 1 is a schematic view of a section of occupied rail track
  • Figure 2 is an equivalent circuit of the rail track of Figure 1 ,
  • Figure 3 is a block diagram of part of a monitor of a rail track relay
  • Figures 4 to 10 are traces of signals of the monitor of Figure 3
  • Figure 11 is a block diagram of the monitor of Figure 3
  • Figures 12, 12a and 12b are plots of a processed and an unprocessed relay drive signal
  • Figures 13, 13a and 13b are plots of a processed and an unprocessed relay drive signal.
  • Figure 1 shows a section of rail track occupied by a wheelset 30, the railway track provided with a track circuit monitor 2 and a track circuit comprising a track relay 1.
  • the railway track comprises a signalling rail 10, a common rail 1 1 and a conductor rail 13.
  • the wheelset 30 is driven along the track by a motor 31 which receives a supply electrical energy from the traction rail 13, via a shoe 32.
  • the relay 1 comprises a control coil, a local coil and a pivotable vane driven by the magnetic field generated by the (net) magnetic field generated by the coils.
  • a railway track circuit sharing a common return rail with the traction supply will always experience related interference. Even with the track shunted, considerable interference energy can find its way to the track relay 1. It will now be explained, in simplified terms, how traction interference can appear at the track relay 1 .
  • ballast losses have also been considered negligible.
  • the length of rail BC (between the train shunt and the relay) presents an impedance, Z RAIL comprising the following components: ⁇ R DC , the resistance at d.c. is typically very low in the order of tenths of milliohms
  • the track relay 1 will typically pick with only about IVac 50Hz, so 0.5Vpk pulses of impulsive interference will add a significant contribution to the overall energisation to the control coil of the relay.
  • the impedance presented by the control coil is typically about 4 or 5 Ohms at 50Hz but drops off steeply either side of this to about 1 Ohm, so 0.5Vpk impulsive voltages applied to the coil can cause substantial peak currents to flow. If the traction current was not interrupted, the dominant d.c. component would impress about 0.5Vdc continuously across the relay coil.
  • this d.c. current would also contain ripple components of 300Hz (or 600Hz depending on the rectification method used at the sub-station) and probably a small amount of residual 50Hz.
  • any pulsating d.c. traction currents flowing through the common rail can appear across the relay during shunted or unoccupied states.
  • the relay 1 is immune to the intrusion of such unwanted energisation.
  • This apparent immunity to interference lies in the fact that the moving part of the relay 1 (i.e. the vane) is actuated by interacting magnetic fields derived from two energising sources inducing currents (and hence magnetic fields) in the vane.
  • the energising sources provide drive signals to energise the coils.
  • a local supply for example H OVac at 50Hz
  • the two sources must be of the same frequency and a specified phase relationship in order to actuate the vane.
  • the relay would open and close every 10s with a duty cycle close to 50%. If the frequency difference was 10Hz, for example the local supply was 50Hz and somehow there was 60Hz energy arriving at the control coil, the vane would attempt to open and close the contacts ten times a second. The rotational inertia of the vane and associated mechanics would prohibit this and the mechanism would just buzz, with the front contacts of the switches of the relay remaining open circuit.
  • the phase relationship between the source currents must be such to generate the required rotational force (torque) on the vane.
  • the local and control currents need to be approximately in antiphase (using the convention of the baseboard numbering for coil start and end assignments) in order to achieve full actuation of the vane and close the front contacts. If the currents are 90deg phase related there will always be zero net torque on the vane, and the front contacts remain open (relay dropped). A half way condition of a 45deg phase shift could cause partial actuation of the vane, but probably not enough to actually close the front contacts. If the currents are in-phase, the vane would be driven in the opposite direction attempting to open the front contacts even more. In summary, the relay 1 rejects intrusive a.c. currents that are of different frequencies and/or incorrect phase. It should also be noted that the relay 1 is also immune to d.c. currents in the track circuit, this is an extension of the idea that the frequency difference would now be 50Hz to which the relay mechanism simply could not respond, it would just buzz.
  • the composition and functionality of the track circuit monitor 2 will now be described. Operation of the monitor 2 can be viewed into two processing stages, denoted as 2a and 2b, respectively.
  • the first stage 2a includes the input of relay drive signals and that of (synchronous) rectification, whereas the second stage 2b includes post-rectification filtering and output.
  • the currents flowing towards the relay coils, comprising respective relay drive signals, which signals provide a measure of current flowing in local and control coils, are sensed using current transformers CT1 and CT2. It will be appreciated that CT1 could be connected so as to either (i) monitor the current through the control coil or (ii) monitor the current flowing in the end of the track circuit conveyed to the relay 1.
  • a limiter 21 clips the local coil drive signal to convert it into a square wave, this provides the reference signal, REF, that drives two commutating electronic switches SW1 and SW2.
  • REF the reference signal
  • SW1 turns ON when REF is positive whilst SW2 stays OFF.
  • REF the reference signal
  • SW2 turns ON, SW1 turns OFF.
  • control coil drive signal after amplification at 20 is then duplicated to provide non-inverted and inverted versions of the signal, by way of amplifiers 22a and 22b.
  • the non-inverted or inverted signal is then selected by electronic switches SW1 and SW2 according to the status of the reference signal REF as described above.
  • the relay 1 operates when the local and control drive signals are in phase (and of the same frequency).
  • the drive signals have to be in anti-phase for actuation of the vane of the relay 1.
  • that requirement is easily accounted for by turning either of the CTs through 180deg or reversing the output connections.
  • the monitor 2 during the rectification of the first stage 2a, responds to different control coil drive signals. It is assumed that the peak magnitude of the control current is unity for purposes of simplicity.
  • the local coil drive signal remains constant at 50Hz and effectively defines an absolute phase reference.
  • Figure 4 shows a trace of signals present at the monitor 2.
  • the output, SYNCH-OUT, from the first stage is a full wave rectified version of the control coil drive signal, and has a positive d.c. average value of 0.6366V (in fact 2/ ⁇ x pk value).
  • the relay 1 will operate because a net positive torque is developed in the vane.
  • the positive d.c. value is the is the output which is ultimately produced by the monitor 2, at the second stage, which is described below.
  • Figure 5 shows a further trace in which the output from the synchronous rectifier is a full wave rectified version of the control drive signal and has a negative d.c. average value of -0.6366V (in fact -2/ ⁇ x pk value).
  • the relay 1 will not operate because a net negative torque is developed in the vane. Under "normal circumstances" one would expect the monitor 2 to filter out the a.c. component (as before) and produce a pure negative d.c. output. However in the present embodiment, this negative signal is used to assert an alarm output, warning that the relay is being energised by a non-legitimate source, see later.
  • Figure 6 shows a trace in which the average d.c. value of SYNCH-OUT is zero.
  • the synchronous rectifier has rejected a control current in positive quadrature.
  • the relay 1 behaves in the same manner because there is a net zero torque on the vane.
  • the monitor 2 will output, at the second stage, a zero d.c. value, the a.c. component is removed by filtering.
  • Figure 7 shows a trace in which the average d.c. value of SYNCH-OUT is zero.
  • the synchronous rectifier has rejected a control current in negative quadrature.
  • the relay behaves in the same manner, because there is a zero net torque on the vane. This zero d.c. value is the signal that will be output from the monitor module, the a.c.
  • Figure 8 shows a further trace in which the average d.c. value of SYNCH-OUT is zero. Again, the relay vane will not turn because there is net zero torque. The a.c. component is filtered out during the second processing stage leaving just a zero output.
  • Figure 9 shows a trace in which the average d.c. value of SYNCH-OUT is zero. Again the twin vane VT1 relay vane will not turn because there is net zero torque. Ultimately, the monitor 2 filters out the a.c. component leaving just a zero output.
  • Figure 10 shows a further trace in which the d.c. value of SYNCH-OUT averaged over the 40ms duration shown is -0.125 which is 12.5% of the d.c. step. If the signal is averaged over longer than 40ms, which is likely in practice, by virtue of low-pass filtering (described below in relation to the second processing stage) this value will rapidly decay to zero. In fact it reaches a negative 1 % of the step value after 0.5s.
  • SYNCH-OUT will be a ⁇ 1 square wave which will always average to zero.
  • the vane of the relay 1 will not turn because although the vane will be kicked by a short pulse, it cannot rotate instantly and after half a second, the vane will have settled to its true rest position in other words there is a net zero torque.
  • the a.c. component which will be pulse followed by a 50Hz square wave will be filtered out leaving just a zero output.
  • the second processing stage 2b will now be described, with reference to Figure 1 1.
  • the d.c. component represents the synchronous value of the control drive signal
  • the a.c. component contains no useful value(s). Consequently the a.c. component is filtered out by a two-pole low-pass filter 25 rolling off at 2.4Hz emulating the mechanical inertia of the vane of the relay 1.
  • the filtered d.c. value is input to a transmitter 26 in which it is converted to a 4-20mA industry standard output. Signals from the transmitter can then be transmitted to a (remote) base station so that the operation of the relay can be logged and/or monitored. An alarm output is produced (and transmitted to the base station) if:
  • FIG. 12a and 12b shows two plots, plot 40 and plot 41.
  • the plot 40 shows a sensed control drive signal which has not been processed by the monitor 2, whereas the plot 41 shows the output from the monitor 2 resulting from the control signal having been processed by the monitor 2.
  • the plot 40 includes what appears to be a series of current spikes that could be interpreted as poor drop- shunt performance.
  • the plot 41 illustrates that the monitor 2 has rejected this perturbation, probably caused by a "blast" of d.c. transients (e.g. a quick succession of d.c. high, low, high etc. currents) caused by intermittent traction supply issues, a d.c. step or perhaps a burst of inverter interference.
  • the plot 41 has a much cleaner profile and is free from noise/interference spikes present in the plot 40.
  • the drop in amplitude of the current is indicative of the presence of wheelset on the respective rail section. It is also to be noted that the track clear current before strike-in and after strike-out has not changed as much as monitored using the synchronous rectification of the monitor 2.
  • Figures 13, 13a and 13b show plots 50 and 51 of sensed control drive signals.
  • Figure 13a and 13b show the individual plots, whereas Figure 13 shows the plots superimposed.
  • Plot 50 is the sensed control drive signal without use of the monitor 2
  • the plot 51 is the sensed control drive signal with use of the monitor 2.
  • the unwanted interference spikes 55 are not present in the plot 51 (since they have been filtered out by the monitor 2).
  • the discontinuities shown at 56 are representative of genuine track-shunt problems.
  • the monitor 2 allows the discontinuities to pass, and so action can be taken to investigate the detected fault.
  • the monitor 2 is shown as being implemented in the analogue domain, at least part of the functionality of the monitor 2 may be implemented in the digital domain (for example by way of a suitably configured digital data processor).

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Abstract

L'invention porte sur un dispositif de surveillance de circuit de voie ferrée (2), le dispositif de surveillance comportant un processeur de signal (2a), le processeur de signal étant conçu pour recevoir une entrée d'un premier signal d'attaque de relais et une entrée d'un second signal d'attaque de relais, le processeur de signal étant configuré pour fournir un signal de sortie déterminé par au moins la phase relative entre le premier signal d'attaque de relais et le second signal d'attaque de relais afin de permettre la surveillance du fonctionnement d'un relais de voie (1).
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