Diesel-Electric Locomotive Energy Recovery and Conversion
This project will develop thermodynamic and economic computer models to assess technical and economic performance of a waste heat energy recovery and conversion technology as a retrofitting technology for commuter rail locomotive applications. Computer modeling will be supported by baseline testing data that will be obtained from a locomotive operated at the Transportation Technology Center Incorporated (TTCI), in Pueblo, Colorado. Computer model validation and optimization will also be supported by data obtained by testing a simulated locomotive exhaust gas manifold simulator, and a small-scale diesel-electric locomotive analogue. The simulated exhaust gas manifold will utilize exhaust gases by operating a modified oil-burner. The small-scale diesel-electric simulator will be coupled to a resistive load banks to simulate different locomotive notch settings and commuter rail locomotive duty cycle. The project investigators will work with TTCI technical staff, to install sensors and operate a locomotive at TTCI to obtain locomotive baseline data.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
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Contract Numbers:
Project J-04, IDEA 6
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Transit Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590Transit Cooperative Research Program
Transportation Research Board
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 -
Project Managers:
Williams, Jon
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Performing Organizations:
ThermaDynamics Rail
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Principal Investigators:
Filippone, Claudio
- Start Date: 20141210
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- Source Data: RiP Project 38318
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Computer models; Diesel electric locomotives; Energy conversion; Optimization; Railroad commuter service; Retrofitting; Thermodynamics; Waste heat utilization
- Subject Areas: Energy; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01547529
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
- Contract Numbers: Project J-04, IDEA 6
- Files: TRB, RIP
- Created Date: Dec 11 2014 1:00AM