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Performance evaluation of the hydrogen-powered prototype locomotive ‘Hydrogen Pioneer’
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Hoffrichter, Andreas, Fisher, Peter, Tutcher, Jonathan, Hillmansen, Stuart and Roberts, Clive (2014) Performance evaluation of the hydrogen-powered prototype locomotive ‘Hydrogen Pioneer’. Journal of Power Sources, Volume 250 . pp. 120-127. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.10.134 ISSN 0378-7753.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.10.134
Abstract
The narrow-gauge locomotive ‘Hydrogen Pioneer’, which was developed and constructed at the University of Birmingham, was employed to establish the performance of a hydrogen-hybrid railway traction vehicle. To achieve this several empirical tests were conducted. The locomotive utilises hydrogen gas in a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell power-plant to supply electricity to the traction motors or charge the on-board lead-acid batteries. First, the resistance to motion of the vehicle was determined, then operating tests were conducted for the speeds 2 km h−1, 6 km h−1, 7 km h−1, and 10 km h−1 on a 30 m straight, level alignment resembling light running. The power-plant and vehicle efficiency as well as the performance of the hybrid system were recorded. The observed overall duty cycle efficiency of the power-plant was from 28% to 40% and peak-power demand, such as during acceleration, was provided by the battery-pack, while average power during the duty cycle was met by the fuel cell stack, as designed. The tests establish the proof-of-concept for a hydrogen-hybrid railway traction vehicle and the results indicate that the traction system can be applied to full-scale locomotives.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Subjects: | T Technology > TF Railroad engineering and operation | ||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Fuel cells, Locomotives -- Energy consumption, Hydrogen as fuel | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Power Sources | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier S.A. | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 0378-7753 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | 15 March 2014 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | Volume 250 | ||||||||||
Number of Pages: | 8 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 120-127 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.10.134 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 December 2015 | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 December 2015 | ||||||||||
Funder: | Science City Research Alliance, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), University of Birmingham, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
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