Traction Systems and Experimental Platforms

In this chapter, three experimental platforms for traction systems, including one dSPACE-based traction system of high-speed trains and two actual traction systems, will be introduced in details. First, we will briefly describe the traction system in terms of its system structure and operating mechanism. Then, experimental platforms together with their parameters will be introduced to present readers with useful background. Based on these platforms which will be used in the forthcoming Chaps. 4–8, a variety of experiments will be carried out to demonstrate the effectiveness of the designed methods in this book.