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FREINAGE ELECTRIQUE RHEOSTATIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2014-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Traction (Rail)
DEF

A braking [mode] used by locomotives and trains fitted with electric traction motors where motors become generators and the current developed is fed to on-board resistor grids.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traction (Chemins de fer)
DEF

Mode de freinage électrodynamique dans lequel les moteurs de traction débitent sur une résistance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tracción (Ferrocarriles)
DEF

Sistema de frenado eléctrico en el cual la máquina excitada se desconecta de la red y funciona como generador, disipándose la energía en el devanado y, si es necesario, en una resistencia separada.

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