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Title: COMPARISONS OF BIOFUELS IN HIGH-SPEED TURBINE LOCOMOTIVES: EMISSIONS, ENERGY USE, AND COST
Accession Number: 00781526
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: The performances of a 2984-kW (4,000-hp) gas turbine-powered passenger locomotive fueled with different biofuels are compared with the performance of the same locomotive fueled with Diesel #2. The process of selecting a small number of biofuels from a detailed evaluation of 13 readily available biofuels is explored. A simulation of operation in an actual high-speed corridor is used to develop exhaust emission values in terms of tonnes (tons)/year for a complete service, and then in terms of g (lb)/trip of primary smog-producing pollutants. Energy use and cost per trip are developed from the same simulation. All of these values are compared with Diesel #2 values developed in previous research. Biofuel use in respect to turbine maintenance costs is discussed. Explored are the implications of carrying and delivering the biofuels on a locomotive in terms of (a) projected range with a given fuel tank size and (b) the minimum fuel tank size required to serve a typical corridor.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1691, Research Issues in Intercity Rail Passenger Systems and Railroad Track Structure Design.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Pier, J RPagination: p. 24-32
Publication Date: 1999
Serial: ISBN: 0309071194
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jan 24 2000 12:00AM
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