Abstract: A control apparatus for an electric rolling stock makes it possible to use a single associated train in a variety of transit services including an express transit service to an accommodation train service. The apparatus comprises an induction motor controlled by an inverter. For an express transit operation (over a long inter-station distance), the ratio of output voltage and the frequency of the inverter is decreased to thereby increase a command current in a variable voltage/variable frequency region. For the accommodation train operation (over short inter-station distance), a control pattern reverse to the above is adopted. The electric rolling stock can adapt itself to the running conditions. Besides, the problem of overheating of the induction motor can be solved successfuly.

Abstract: The DC power supply current-collected on the electric car is connected with a series circuit of the armature of a driving DC motor and an armature current control chopper and with a series circuit of a field winding and a field current control chopper.Both choppers are controlled so that the armature current and field current are maintained constant until the flow rate of the armature chopper reaches the maximum after starting of electric car. In this period of time, the chopping frequency of the armature chopper is higher than that of the field chopper.When the flow rate of the armature chopper reaches the maximum, the chopping frequency of the armature chopper is made coincident with that of the field chopper. At the same time, the field chopper is switched to the control operation by which the field current is decreased in order that the decrease of the armature current is restricted.