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A bit of history…


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Research | education | strategy | consulting


Overview.


Barrow Hill Test Centre


Barrow Hill Roundhouse Railway Centre: A full scale test facility.

Working railway centre.

14 acre site just outside Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

Connected to mainline railway network.

Undercover vehicle accommodation, including

maintenance pits and ancillary services.

Sidings and yards.

Over 1 mile of running track.

Engineering workshops.

Professional on-site management.


REDUCING EMISSIONS: NEXT GENERATION

OF AUTONOMOUS PROPULSION SYSTEMS

And today’s topic…


Legal framework

UIC II standard for rail diesel locomotives (2003)

Non-Road Mobile Machinery (NRMM) Directive

– Amendment in 2004 lead to stage IIIA (2006 for DMUs and 2009 for

locomotives)

– Stage IIIB introduced (2012)

– In-engine improvements are no longer sufficient = after-treatments

need to be used for the first time in railway applications

– Stage IIIA and IIIB have been adopted for railway engines above 130kW


Legal framework

Cat. Net Power Date CO HC HC+NOx NOx PM

kW g/kWh

RC A 130 < P 2006.01 3.5 - 4.0 - 0.2

RL A 130 ≤ P ≤ 560 2007.01 3.5 - 4.0 - 0.2

RH A P > 560 2009.01 3.5 0.5* - 6.0* 0.2

* HC = 0.4 g/kWh and NOx = 7.4 g/kWh for engines of P > 2000 kW and D > 5 liters/cylinder

Cat. Net Power Date CO HC HC+NOx NOx PM

kW g/kWh

RC B 130 < P 2012.01 3.5 0.19 - 2.0 0.025

R B 130 < P 2012.01 3.5 - 4.0 - 0.025

Stage IIIA for rail traction engines

Stage IIIB for rail traction engines


research A number of key initiatives have been developed recently:

– GREEN-green heavy duty engine (EC, 2004-2008)

– Rail Diesel Study by UIC (2006)

– CleanER-D, Clean European rail diesel (EC, 2009-2013)

After-treatment technology used/considered:

– EGR

– SCR

– DPF

There are other solutions such as hybridisation of diesel traction….

– On-board energy storage

– Flywheels

– Battery

– Double-layer capacitors

– Other


company solution Description Legislation met Availability

Alstom PRIMA II locomotives Diesel locomotives family on the medium and

high power end of the market

EU Stage IIIA available

Bombardier C.L.E.A.N. Diesel vehicle pack The solution uses a SCR system on a 560kW

Diesel engine, reporting compliance with stage

IIIB. Already fitted in the Itino DMU fleet


EU Stage IIIB available

TRAXX locomotives Diesel locomotives family on the medium and

high power end of the market


Caterpillar ACERT™ technology In-engine technology that is applied to its family

of horizontal engines for DMU applications as

well as locomotive applications.


EU Stage IIIB 2011/12

Cummins QSB, QSK, QSX Engine solutions for a range of railway products.

EGR and DPF after-treatment technologies

planned to meet Stage IIIB


EU Stage IIIB 2011

EMD Class 66 locomotives EMD locomotive in using a 2420 kW engine. EU Stage IIIA available

Locomotive engine (model 16-710 G3C-U2) High power 16 cylinder engine producing

3178kW. Used on VOSSLOH’s Euro 4000

locomotives


GE transportation Powerhaul™ locomotives Range of locomotives using V16-cylinder twin-

turbo PowerHaul Series engine



MTU Series 4000 Diesel engine family with 8V, 12V, 16V and 20V

cylinder configurations.


EU Stage IIIB 2011/12

PowerPack® 6H1800 Range of engines for DMUs (315-390 kW)

meeting Stage IIIA and able to achieve Stage

IIIB using SCR technology


EU Stage IIIB available

TEDOM TRAIN242 & 265 Engine solutions for DMUs EU Stage IIIA available

Voith Turbo Maxima® locomotives Two engine options with power output of 2750

kW (Maxima® 30CC) & 3600 kW (Maxima®

40CC).


Vossloh 1700, 2000 and 4000 series Locomotives Diesel locomotives families on the high power

end of the market. DPFs have been used in

orders of 1700 Series by SBB



conclusions

Major significant efforts being made to reduce the already

outstanding emission levels from rail

Stage IIIB

Fuel type can contribute to the reduction of emissions

Hybridisation

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