JP4614910B2 - Non-insulated track circuit - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an uninsulated track circuit that detects the presence or absence of a train, and more particularly to improvement of train detection accuracy.

  A non-insulated track circuit without rail insulation at the track circuit boundary requires a track boundary configuration in place of the rail insulation, and various methods are adopted as this track boundary configuration. In this non-insulated track circuit, the transmission end employs voltage transmission with a simple configuration and good transmission efficiency, and the reception end detects a voltage between the rails, and detects a train based on the level change. The current receiving system detects the rail current at the receiving end and detects the train based on the level change, and the rail-to-rail voltage and rail current are detected at the receiving end, and the train is detected based on the voltage and current component level changes. A voltage-current power receiving method is adopted.

The voltage power receiving method does not require a loop coil for detecting the rail current between the rails, unlike the current power receiving method and the voltage current power receiving method, and has the simplest configuration, high reliability, and low maintenance cost. Because it is economical, as shown in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, etc., it is used for a train control device that performs train detection using an uninsulated track circuit and automatically controls the speed of the train below the speed limit. Has been.
JP 2003-226240 A JP 2005-178614 A

  As shown in the configuration diagram of FIG. 4, the voltage receiving type non-insulated track circuit is such that the 2T receiver 41b of the track circuit 2T and the 3T transmitter 3c of the track circuit 3T adjacent to each other are connected by track boundaries b1 and b2. The train detection signal transmitted from the 2T transmitter 3b to the rail 2 is received by the 2T receiver 41b as the train 1 travels through the track circuit 3T and approaches the track boundaries b1 and b2 between the track circuit 3T and the track circuit 2T. The rail voltage is reduced. The change in the rail voltage is gradual because there is no insulation at the track boundary, and there is a problem that the track boundary is not clear due to fluctuations due to the weather or the state of the track circuit.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an uninsulated track circuit that improves such problems and can clarify track boundaries with a simple configuration using existing equipment.

The non-insulated track circuit of the present invention is transmitted to the rail at the track circuit boundary on the train entry side of each track circuit and the transmitter that transmits the train detection signal to the rail from the track circuit boundary on the train advance side of each track circuit. In a non-insulated track circuit connected to a receiver that receives a train detection signal via a matching transformer, a receiver that receives a train detection signal transmitted to the track circuit is a train that is transmitted to the track circuit. Receive the rail voltage of the train detection signal transmitted from the transmitter that transmits the train detection signal to the track circuit on the train entry side from the track circuit boundary to which the receiver is connected and the rail voltage of the detection signal. rail voltage which there is a certain level or less a predetermined, when the rail current being received became constant level over a predetermined determines that train to the connected track circuit boundary enters And wherein the door.

In the present invention, the receiver connected to each track circuit boundary of the non-insulated track circuit includes the rail-to-rail voltage of the train detection signal transmitted to the track circuit and the transmitter to the track circuit boundary to which the receiver is connected. Connected when the rail current of the train detection signal to be transmitted is received and the voltage between the rails being received is lower than a predetermined level and the rail current being received is higher than a predetermined level. By determining that the train has entered the track circuit boundary , the rail current is not affected by the weather, etc., even if the reception level of the voltage between the rails fluctuates due to weather conditions, etc. Train detection accuracy can be improved by clearly detecting the train at the boundary.

  Moreover, since it is only necessary to improve a part of the existing non-insulated track circuit, the existing equipment can be used effectively to improve the train detection accuracy.

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an uninsulated track circuit according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, a 2T transmitter 3b and a 1T receiver 4a are connected to a track circuit 1T of the rail 2 on which the train 1 travels and a track boundary a1, a2 of the track circuit 2T via a matching transformer MT, respectively. A 3T transmitter 3c and a 2T receiver 4b are respectively connected to the track boundaries b1 and b2 of the track circuit 2T and track circuit 3T via a matching transformer MT. The 2T transmitter 3b transmits a 2T train detection signal to the rail 2 from the track boundaries a1 and a2, and the 3T transmitter 3c transmits a 3T train detection signal to the rail 2 from the track boundaries b1 and b2. The primary side of the current transformer CT2 for detecting the rail current I22 of the 2T train detection signal transmitted from the track boundaries a1 and a2 is connected between the 2T transmitter 3b and the matching transformer MT. The primary side of the current transformer CT3 for detecting the rail current I32 of the 3T train detection signal transmitted from the track boundaries b1 and b2 is connected between 3c and the matching transformer MT. The secondary side of the current transformer CT2 is connected to the 1T receiver 4a, and the secondary side of the current transformer CT3 is connected to the 2T receiver 4b.

  As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 2, the 1T receiver 4a and the 2T receiver 4b include a voltage detection unit 5, a current detection unit 6, and a train detection unit 7. The voltage detection unit 5 receives the rail-to-rail voltage of each train detection signal via the matching transformer MT. The current detector 6 receives the transmission currents of the track circuits 2T and 3T via the current transformer CT. The train detection unit 7 detects the train 1 on the track boundary from the change in the rail-to-rail voltage of each track circuit 2T, 3T received by the voltage detection unit 5 and the transmission current received by the current detection unit 6.

  The operation when detecting that the train 1 traveling on the track circuit 3T in this non-insulated track circuit has reached the track boundary between the track circuit 3T and the track circuit 2T is shown in FIG. This will be described with reference to the drawings.

  The voltage detector 5 of the 2T receiver 4b transmits the rail-to-rail voltage V21 at the track boundaries b1 and b2 by the rail current I22 that is transmitted from the track boundaries a1 and a2 to the rail 2 from the 2T transmitter 3b and changes according to the position of the train 1. The current detection unit 6 of the 2T receiver 4b receives the rail current I32 of the 3T train detection signal transmitted from the 3T transmitter 3c to the track boundaries b1 and b2, and receives the train current I32 from the 3T transmitter 3c. Send to the detector 7. As shown in FIG. 3, the rail-to-rail voltage V21 at the track boundaries b1 and b2 due to the rail current I22 decreases as the train 1 traveling on the track circuit 3T approaches the track circuit 2T. Further, the rail current I32 of the 3T train detection signal increases as the train 1 approaches the track circuit 2T. The rail-to-rail voltage V21 varies depending on the weather and the state of the track circuit, for example, as shown from the change characteristic A to the change characteristic B in FIG. On the other hand, the rail current I32 is the largest when the short-circuit position by the axle of the train 1 is in the vicinity of the track boundaries b1 and b2, and the distance from the track boundaries b1 and b2 is short, so the influence of the weather and the state of the track circuit It is hard to receive.

  Therefore, the train detection unit 7 of the 2T receiver 4b sequentially detects changes in the rail-to-rail voltage V21 of the track boundaries b1 and b2 sent from the voltage detection unit 5 and the rail current I32 sent from the current detection unit 6, and the rail-to-rail voltage V21. Is equal to or lower than a predetermined level Vth and the rail current I32 is equal to or higher than a predetermined level Ith, it is determined that the train 1 has entered the track circuit 2T from the track circuit 3T. In this way, by detecting that the train 1 has entered the track circuit 2T from the track circuit 3T based on the changes in the rail voltage V21 and the rail current I32, the reception level of the rail voltage V21 varies depending on weather conditions and the like. However, since the level fluctuation due to the weather of the rail current I32 is small, the train 1 can be clearly detected at the track circuit boundary, and the train detection accuracy can be improved.

  Moreover, it is only necessary to improve the receiver 4 of each track circuit 1T to 3T by adding a current transformer CT to the equipment room of the existing non-insulated track circuit. Accuracy can be improved.

It is a block diagram of the non-insulated track circuit of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a receiver. It is a change characteristic figure of the voltage between rails and rail current by the position of a train. It is a block diagram of the conventional non-insulated track circuit.

Explanation of symbols

1; train, 2; rail, 3; transmitter, 4; receiver, 5; voltage detector,
6; current detector, 7; train detector, MT; matching transformer, CT; current transformer.

Claims (1)

A transmitter for transmitting a train detection signal to the rail from the track circuit boundary on the train advance side of each track circuit, and a receiver for receiving the train detection signal transmitted to the rail at the track circuit boundary on the train entry side of each track circuit; In an uninsulated track circuit connected through a matching transformer,
The receiver that receives the train detection signal transmitted to the own track circuit includes the rail-to-rail voltage of the train detection signal transmitted to the own track circuit, and the track circuit on the train entry side from the track circuit boundary to which the receiver is connected. certain that the train receives a rail current of the train detection signal transmitted from a transmitter for transmitting a detection signal, the rail voltage being received is below a predetermined level a predetermined, rail current being received is predetermined to A non-insulated track circuit characterized by determining that a train has entered a connected track circuit boundary when the level is exceeded.

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