Use of rail boot and collection mat to control the electrolysis of rail and utilities in dc powered transit agencies

2014 Joint Rail Conference, JRC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Memon, Saud ^a   Fromme, Paul ^b  

^a ARUP   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE;

COLLECTION METHODS; CURRENT COLLECTION; ISOLATION TECHNIQUES; MITIGATION TECHNIQUES; PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURES; STRAY CURRENT CORROSION; TRACTION POWER SYSTEM; TRANSIT AGENCIES;

OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION;

EID: 84902770360     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/JRC2014-3803     Document Type: Conference Paper

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