Research Designs and Standards

Organization (RDSO)
(Signal Directorate)

Industrial training PRESENTATION

Project Automatic Testing of Battery
Charger

presented by

Introduction- About RDSO

Research
Designs
and
Standards
Organization (RDSO) was formed in 1957,
under Ministry of Railways at Lucknow.

RDSO has a number of laboratories which are

well equipped with research and testing
facilities for development, testing and design
evaluation of various railway related
equipments and materials.

All the directorates of RDSO except Defence

Research are located at Lucknow.
RDSO is the sole R&D organization of Indian Railways and functions as the technical
advisor to Railway Board Zonal Railways and Production Units and performs the following
important functions:

Development of new and improved designs.

Development, adoption, absorption of new technology for use on Indian Railways.
Development of standards for materials and products specially needed by Indian
Railways.
and many more
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Signaling in Indian Railways

Railway signaling is a system used to

control railway traffic safely, essentially to
prevent trains from colliding.

The set of rules and the physical equipment

used to accomplish this signaling is known
as the method of working (UK), method of
operation (US) or safe working (Aus.).

There are basically two purposes achieved

by railway signaling: To safety receive and dispatch trains at a
station.
To control the movements of trains from
one station to another after ensuring that
the track on which this train will move to
reach the next station is free from
movement of another train either in the
same or opposite direction.
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Some Important terms in

Railway Signaling
Timetable
operation

To run the train system according to a timetable.

Trains may only run on each section of track at their scheduled
time.

Block
signaling

One train is permitted in each block at a time.

Can be manually or automatic controlled.

Train
detection

To determine whether a section of line is occupied is by use of a

track circuit.

Fixed signals
Color light
signals
Route and
speed
signaling

To indicate to drivers whether the line ahead is occupied.

To ensure that sufficient space exists between trains to allow
them to stop.
Displaying the same aspects by night as by day.
Require less maintenance than mechanical signals.
To inform a driver which route the train will take beyond each
signal.
To drive the train at the correct speed for the route to be taken.
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Now lets move to the project

Automatic Testing of Battery Charger

Battery Charger
(Specification No.:- IRS: S 86- 2000 with Amd 4)

The Battery Charger is a device for recharging a

storage battery by applying the required direct
current of proper voltage to the battery to be
charged.

The design is as per IRS:S 86-2000 with

amendment 4 to supply required power to the
load while simultaneously charging the battery.

The charger is designed to operate either in the

AUTO mode or in the MANUAL mode. The
LED mounted on the front panel indicates the
operation of charger either in the Manual mode or
in Auto mode. In the AUTO mode of operation,
either Auto Float LED or Auto Boost LED will
grow depending on the battery condition.

Battery Charger
(IRS: S 86-2000)

Technical Specifications
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Specification Reference

IRS: S 86- 2000 with amendment 4

Input. Voltage Nominal

230V AQ 50 Hz, Single Phase

Permissible input voltage variation

160V AC to 270 VAC

Nominal output voltage

24V DC

Output voltage in Auto mode

(a) Auto Float mode
(b) Auto Boost mode

(a) Between 2.12 to 2.3V/cell pre-settable

(b) 2.4V/cell

Output voltage adjustable

2.12V/cell to 2.3V/cell in Auto Float mode

Output voltage in manual mode

(a)
1st position
(b)
2nd position
(c) 3rd position

Nominal output current

50ADC

Output current
(a)Auto Float mode
(b)Auto Boost mode

(a) 0A to 50 A
(b) 0A to 50A

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Line regulation

0.05V/cell

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Load regulation

< 0.05V/cell

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Current regulation

Less than +-5% of the rated current of charger

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Ripple

Less than 5% of the nominal voltage of charger

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Operating temperature range

0 degree to 55 decree Celsius

(a) n* 2.25V/cell at rated output current and nominal AC

voltage
(b) (n+l)*2.25V/cell at rated output current and nominal AC
voltage
(c) (n+2)*2.25V/cell at rated output current and nominal
AC voltage

Tests to ensure the performance

of a Battery Charger
Visual inspection
(Clause 8.6)
Applied High Voltage test
(Clause 8.8)
Induced high voltage test
(Clause 8.9)
Temperature rise test
8.10)
Performance test
8.11)
Test for protective devices
8.12)
Vibration test
8.13)
Climatic tests
8.14)

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Automization

Automization is the use of control systems and information technologies

reducing the need for human intervention.

Advantages of automization:
Replacing human operators in tasks that involve hard
physical or monotonous work.
Replacing humans in tasks that should be done in dangerous
environments (i.e. fire, space, volcanoes, nuclear facilities,
underwater, etc).
Making tasks that are beyond the human capabilities or the
requirement 10 make things too fast or too slow.
Economy improvement.

Disadvantages of automization:
Technology limits.
Unpredictable development costs.
Initial costs are relatively high.

Idea for the development of

automatic system
Requirement for the development of a
automatic system :
Hardware
AC Source Load/Analyzer- Agilent
6813B
Electronic Load- Prodigit 3351
Digital Multimeter- Fluke 289/287
Software
National Instruments Lab VIEW 2010
Interfacing device
GPIB
RS232

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Thank You