High-speed rail, as an important mode of modern transportation, is favored by the majority of travelers for its fast and comfortable features. However, the safe operation of high-speed rail is facing an unexpected difficulty: nesting birds. Yes, you have not heard it wrong, it is those free birds flying in the blue sky and roosting in the woods, and their nesting habit even has some connection with the safety of high-speed rail.
Let's take a look at the specific performance of this phenomenon. Birds like to nest in the high-speed rail contact network and its nearby facilities and equipment, like the contact network isolation switch base, steel column tower has become the best place for them to nest. However, this behavior of birds brings hidden danger to the safe operation of high-speed rail. The materials for bird nests, such as tree branches, iron wires and pieces of fishing nets, are all electrically conductive. Once encountering rainy weather, these materials are very likely to cause short-circuit tripping of the contact network equipment, affecting the safe operation of the rolling stock. Therefore, we must take measures to reduce the number of bird's nests on the contact network.
How to reduce the number of bird's nests on the contact network?
Generally speaking, birds choose their nesting sites on the basis of two main considerations: whether the environment is safe and whether food is abundant. Therefore, the environment along the high-speed rail line is good, the view is wide, plus the train running will startle some insects, providing food sources for birds, which makes birds willing to nest in these places.
In response to this problem, we can try to stop birds from nesting by changing the environmental conditions.
True Bird Repellent Technology has launched a series of anti-bird devices and bird repellent equipment in this regard, such as Solar Radar Bird Repellent Fan for RailwayZQN-TL-NS2, Bird Repellent Fan through microwave radar to detect birds close to the real-time actuator rotating, interfere with birds, prevent birds nesting around the railroad, slowing down the current situation of short-circuit tripping of the railroad contact network, the whole machine adopts solar energy, rechargeable battery driven DC motor, to ensure that the barrier-free equipment. The whole machine adopts solar energy to drive the DC motor by rechargeable battery, which guarantees the barrier-free operation of the equipment.
Moreover, we can also draw on the wisdom of nature. For example, some birds will choose to build their nests at places higher than the ground to avoid being disturbed by other animals. So, can we consider installing some specialized "bird nests" along the XRL? Our artificial bird nests can guide birds to build their nests at these places, thereby reducing their nesting behavior on the contact network equipment.
