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EPSRC Reference: EP/J500781/1
Title: Instrumented Railway Current-Collecting Pantograph
Principal Investigator: Grattan, Professor KT
Other Investigators:
Sun, Professor T
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Department: Sch of Engineering and Mathematical Sci
Organisation: City, University of London
Scheme: Follow on Fund
Starts: 31 May 2012 Ends: 30 May 2013 Value (£): 94,628
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Optical Devices & Subsystems
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Manufacturing Communications
Construction Energy
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City is proposing to develop an early warning system to monitor continuously the condition of the overhead wire of electric trains. This system will resolve one of the major technical challenges facing the rail industry today, improving the cost-effectiveness, safety and reliability of the electric train fleet operation.

City will build a prototype that will identify emerging overhead wire defects before they escalate and cause expensive system failure. The train pantograph, embedded with City?s novel sensors, will measure the critical strain and temperature parameters resulting from direct contact between the pantograph?s current collector and overhead wires when running under overhead power lines.
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