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G01L 27/00 (2006.01) B60T 13/66 (2006.01) B60T 17/22 (2006.01)
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CA 2162971
A system and method of calibrating pressure transducers in an electro-pneumatic brake system for a railroad train in which a locomotive microprocessor generates a respective best fit curve for the train brake pipe, supply reservoir and brake cylinder pressures that approximates the actual train pressure therefore. These best fit curves are generated from the pressure transducer readings of these pressures at each car by employing an equation based on a fourth order polynomial. Each car is then provided with a theoretical reference pressure signal from the best fit curve for each of the mentioned brake pipe, supply reservoir and brake cylinder pressures, according to the position of the car in the train. The theoretical reference signal is then compared at each car with the car pressure transducer reading for the respective brake pipe, supply reservoir and brake cylinder pressures to obtain a transducer error correction factor that remains constant through a full range of pressures. The error correction factor can be further calculated on the basis of a linear equation to obtain a variable error correction factor.
Macrae & Co.
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
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