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.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=3546

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Contract Numbers:

  Project J-04, IDEA 6

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Transit Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20001
• Project Managers:

  Williams, Jon

• 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