Energy efficiency in railways: applying the lessons learned from the development of electromobility to diesel rail vehicles

Hybrid diesel/petrol vehicles have numerous benefits; when used appropriately, they can recoup energy produced during the braking process and store it to be used to power the vehicle as and when necessary. This can effect notable fuel savings, whilst simultaneously reducing emissions and noise levels. While such hybrids have propagated the automotive industry, this is not the case in the rail industry. Since there are obvious benefits to using such technologies, providing guidance to the rail industry on how they can best learn from the automotive industry could lead to a greater uptake of such technologies, leading to a more efficient, environmentally friendly diesel rail vehicle fleet. Therefore, this paper assesses the current technological, political and societal situation regarding hybrid diesel rail vehicles, before investigating how the automotive industry achieved its successes, and analysing how such successes can be replicated in the rail industry.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)

  14-20 bd Newton, Cité Descartes, Champs su Marne
  77447 Marne la Vallée,   France  Cedex 2
• Authors:
  • Batty, Paul
  • Palacin, Roberto
  • González-Gil, Arturo
  • Powell, Jonathan
• Conference:
  • Transport Research Arena (TRA) 5th Conference: Transport Solutions from Research to Deployment
  • Location: Paris , France
  • Date: 2014-4-14 to 2014-4-17
• Publication Date: 2014-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: Transport Research Arena (TRA) 2014 Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Braking; Diesel engines; Energy; Energy conservation; Hybrid vehicles; Railroad trains
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
• ITRD Terms: 1874: Braking; 1314: Diesel engine; 5911: Efficiency; 213: Energy; 212: Energy conservation; 1291: Hybrid vehicle; 1268: Train
• Subject Areas: Energy; Railroads; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01540842
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: VTI, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 15 2014 10:41AM