WELCOME - 9:30-9:50

Introduction by the chairmen [10']

The Italian National Metrology Institute (INRiM) and its contribution to the research on electric transport [10']
Pietro Asinari, INRiM’s Scientific Director and Full Professor at Politecnico di Torino

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SESSION I - 9:50-10:50
Metrology for the Energy Measurement Function (EMF)

• Calibration of energy measurement function under AC distorted waveforms [25’+5’ Q&A]
  Jorge Rovira, Fundacion para el Fomento de la Innovacion Industrial (FFII)
  Daniela Istrate, Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d'Essais (LNE)

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• The set-up for the calibration of the energy measurement function for DC railway system [15’]
  Davide Signorino, Politecnico di Torino, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM)

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TIME TO DEBATE
How can the EN 50463 standard be improved? What about legal metrology for energy measurement functions in Europe? [15]

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BREAK - 10:50-11:00

SESSION II - 11:00-12:30
Power quality (PQ) in AC and DC railway systems

Power quality in AC railway systems

• The PQ measurements in the AC Bologna substation [10’+5’ Q&A]
  Peter Davis, National Physical Laboratory (NPL), UK

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• PQ analysis in AC railway system [10’+5’ Q&A]
  Yljon Seferi, University of Strathclyde, UK

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• Harmonic power [10’+5’ Q&A]
  Andrea Mariscotti, ASTM, Switzerland, Università di Genova, Italy

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Power quality in DC railway and metro systems

• Arc events at pantograph: a reliable way to detect them [20’]
  Domenico Giordano, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM), Italy

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• An overview of the power quality in DC railway and metro systems [10’]
  Daniele Gallo, Università della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy

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TIME TO DEBATE
The continuous monitoring of the power quality parameters thanks to trains in commercial services by means of upgraded energy meters [15’].

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LUNCH BREAK - 12:30-14:00

SESSION III - 14:00–15:55
Where we find the energy to save? The braking energy and the Eco-driving

• Energy saved by eco-driving in the Metro de Madrid and Bologna-Rimini railway line: test cases [15’+5’ Q&A]
  Paloma Cucala García, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain

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• Accurate measurement of power dissipated by braking rheostats [15’+5’ Q&A]
  Domenico Giordano, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM), Italy

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• The dissipated braking energy in railway and metro systems [15’+5’ Q&A]
  Antonio Delle Femine, Università della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy

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• How to recover the braking energy: a case study [15’+5’ Q&A]
  Giuseppe Graber, Hitachi Rail Italy

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• Design of an energy recovering system in the substation: a methodology starting from on-board measured data [15’+5’ Q&A]
  Daniele Gallo, Università della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy

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TIME TO DEBATE

The IEC–CENELEC priority in the standardisation on non-conventional DC substations.
Future research activities [15’].

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