Electrical engineering Introduction to Electric Railway Technology (2nd edition) / Yoshifumi Mochinaga / Editorial Committee for Introduction to Electric Railway Technology

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Electrical Engineering This is a revised edition of the 『 Electric Railway Technology Introduction 』 published in 2008. It provides an overview of railway technology. This book is an introduction to electric railway. It provides an overview of railway technology, including the history and features of electric railway, tracks and structures, electric vehicles and train operation, the power supply that supports them, signal safety and operation management, railway communications, electrical facilities in station buildings, Urban Transport Shinyokohama systems, and linear motor railways. In the second edition, old statistics were revised to the latest figures, and obsolete contents were simplified to introduce new technologies. For example, high-performance trains and power supply with advances in power electronics and control technology, energy-saving technologies through digitalized signal control and power storage with advances in battery technology, synchronous motor drive trains and battery trains, the relationship between international standards (IEC standards) and electric railway, comparison of major technologies in foreign countries and Japan, and technologies required for overseas expansion.