FRENCH RAILWAY NETWORK

! 31000km of railway track

! 15500km electrified lines
! 1500V DC : 5800km
! 25000V AC : 9600km (HSL : >2000km)
! Others: 100km

! Yearly traffic on SNCF Rseau

! 12000 operated trains by a day
! 82 billion passenger-km
48 billion passenger km for TGV
5,5 billion passenger-km international
1135 million passengers all types
747 million passenger in Paris Suburb
area
! 19,5 billion tonne-km
! many freight operators and
passenger Thello operator
!
!
!
!

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PANTOGRAPH HEADS USED IN EUROPE

25 kV 50 Hz
15 kV 16,7 Hz

1,95 m
3 kV dc

! EUROPEAN NETWORK

1,5 kV dc

! 4 main voltages
! 7 UIC/national pan head design
!

7 materials for contact strips

! pure carbon,
! impregnated carbon,
! copper gladded carbon
! copper, steal,
! copper alloyed,
! aluminium.

Ventilation

1,80 m

OCL 100 mm - Rotative speed

200 km/h (radius 4m)

1,95 m
1,95 m

1,60 m
1,95 m
1,95 m

1,95 m
1,95 m

1,45 m - 1,60 m

1,95 m

1,45 m
1,60m
1,95 m
1,80 m
1,95 m
And HS : 1,60m

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1,80 m

1,95 m
1,95 m

1,60 m
1,45 m

1,60 m
1,95 m

PANTOGRAPH HEADS USED TODAY IN

FRANCE
UIC 608 1,600 m
25 kV + 1,5 kV hors
Midi

UIC 608 1,950 m

1,5 kV Normale
1,5 kV Midi

UIC 608 1,450 m

25 kV France
1450
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TGV Pan head (adapted in

Switzerland and Italy)

TSI PAN HEAD IN FRANCE

TSI 1600 mm
All AC & DC applications
(except Midi OCL)

TSI 1950 mm
All DC applications

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FRANCO EUROPEAN INTEROPERABILITY

What are the accepted pan head profiles?
Electrification
system

Type of OHL

Pan head today

accepted

New pan head

?

25kV 50Hz

50s type

1,45
1,60
TSI 1,60

TSI 1,95

1,60

none

V200
V350 High
Speed
1500V dc

compound

1,95

TSI 1,60
TSI 1,95
1500V dc
midi

Not tensioned
90m spans

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1,95

TSI 1,60

NEW PAN HEAD PROFILES IN FRANCE

questions?
New pan
head

Electrification
system and
OHL type

Contact strip
type

gauge

Dynamics: Fm
and uplift

1,95

25kV high speed

V350

Carbon or
impregnated carbon

To be studied

OK

1,95

25kV
conventional 50s

Carbon or
impregnated carbon

To be studied

Adaptation required if
more than one panto

25kV V200

Carbon or
impregnated carbon

To be studied

metallic or
impregnated carbon

OK

Necessity of a lower
Fm or new OHL type

metallic or
impregnated carbon

OK

High Risk:
dewirement

1,95

TSI s 1,6 and

1,95 following
Fm curve

1,5 kV

1,60

1,5kV midi OHL

compound

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Risk: tunnels and

bridges

OK

Risk: tunnels and

bridges

WORK TO BE DONE ON INFRA SIDE

! AC
! Check uplift
! Check gauge due to bridges and tunnels
! DC
! Replace compound by new type
! Midi: study adaptations
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TSI ENERGY case

TSI

! TSI compliance through

! Subsystem
assessment
! Use of IC OHL

Subsystem

Inline tests

Interoperability
constituent

Design

Dynamic
simulation
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PANTOGRAPH GAUGE
MAIN PARAMETERS

Curve radius and cant

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Dynamic uplift

Pantograph sway

PANTOGRAPH GAUGE
COMBINED PARAMETERS

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V350 TSI Very High Speed Design

25000V AC High Speed OCL designed for new, upgraded & renewed lines

! A TSI certified design

! Allows the three 1,45 to 1,95 m
pan heads
! Paris to Germany line (LGV Est)
operated at 320km/h
! 2 operators : ICE (DB) & TGV (SNCF)

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V160 TSI & V200 TSI Conventional lines

25000V AC OCL designed for new, upgraded & renewed lines

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V160 TSI & V200 TSI Conventional Lines

GAUGE & DESIGN

Straight line

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Curve radius = 4000 m

Stagger = 0 mm

Curve radius = 300 m

Stagger = - 240 mm

OCL design allows

both 1600mm & 1950mm pantograph heads

V160 TSI & V200 TSI Conventional Lines

ELECTRICAL GAUGE RESTRICTIONS CAN LIMIT INTEROPERABILITY IN TUNNELS

1600mm electrical gauge : OK

1950mm electrical gauge : NOK

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CSRR TSI

Catnaire Simple Rgularise Renforce

DC OCL (750V to 3kV) designed for new, upgraded & renewed lines
Under development for full TSI compliant design
! Automatically tensioned OCL
! Optimised mechanical tension of wires by simulations
! Standardised design components issued from HS lines
! High intensity supply : optimised electrical behaviour

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CSRR TSI
1500V DC OCL designed for new, upgraded & renewed lines

! New DC lines designed for :

! Very high traffic load
! Freight traffic
! National passenger lines

! OCL design is TSI compliant up to 220km/h

! Gauges in tunnels are OK for renewed lines (compound CSRR)

OCL design allows

both 1600mm & 1950mm pantograph heads
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MIDI OHL
! How to accept 1600mm pan heads
with 90m spans?
! Simulations have shown that:
! Without wind, 1600mm can be
used
! Particular points in stations to
be studied
! If wind risk too high: add pole at
span- midpoint

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SIMULATION TO STUDY PAN HEAD

COMPATIBILITY WITH OHL GEOMETRY
! Multibody simulation associated with dynamic use, geometry and
pantograph kinematics :

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DYNAMIC SIMULATION

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SIMULATION TO STUDY PAN HEAD

COMPATIBILITY WITH OHL GEOMETRY
! To study the TSI compliance of the OCL designs,
some new functionalities were added to the OSCAR
software
! Fully flexible multibody model of the pantograph is
now available
! It allows to study accurately interaction between the
CW and pan heads and contact strips
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CONCLUSION 1
Electrification
system

Type of OHL

To accept

solution

25kV 50Hz

50s type

TSI 1,95

Check bridges and

tunnels
Adapt design for Fm

25kV 50Hz

V200

TSI 1,95

Check bridges and

tunnels

25kV 50Hz

V350 And former

types

TSI 1,95

OK
Check very particular
points

High Speed
1500V dc

1500V dc midi

compound

Not tensioned
90m spans

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TSI 1,60

Decrease Fm

TSI 1,95

Decrease Fm

TSI 1,60

Decrease Fm and
adapt geometry with
new poles if wind risk

CONCLUSION 2
There are many possibilities to accept
pan heads
The worst case is due to bridges and
tunnels
In no windy situation 1600mm panhead
can circulate under 1950mm OHL
needing a risk management
Simulation helps to check compatibility
French TSI OHLs accept both TSI europanheads
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Thank you for

your attention

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