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Indian Railway Locomotives To Run On Fuel-Cell Battery — Hybrid Trains For India?
The Indian Railway is planning to use locomotives that run on hydrogen fuel-cell batteries. Know more about the latest Indian Railway Project.
The Indian Railway started off with steam engines, went through diesel power, ended up in electric power and finally aims to go hybrid. Locomotives running on Hydrogen fuel-cell battery is what we are talking about.
A fuel-cell hybrid combines the environmental advantage of an electric locomotive, with a diesel locomotive's low production cost. The main component, Hydrogen, can be sourced from various renewable energies, and need not be imported.
The plan is to build a 300kW (transient power above 1MW) fuel-cell based broad-gauge locomotive. The locomotive will be heavier and powerful than a conventional diesel/electric example, and will be manufactured by DMW (Diesel Loco Modernisation Works), Patiala.
The hybrid train will employ a PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) fuel-cell with three air-cooled stack modules, each rated at a minimum of 100kW. The setup will make use of a dc/dc boost/buck converter with a transformer.
The hydrogen storage system will consist of two modules of Carbon fibre/Aluminium tanks.
The locomotive will have an axle-load of 21-tonne, and a new underframe and superstructure. Components such as bogies, dc traction motors, air brakes, vigilance control device, event recorder, sanders, air dryers and horns, will be borrowed from existing coaches.
Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi have invited tenders for the project, and applications for bidding have started.
DriveSpark
Thinks!
Electric
locomotives,
although
clean
and
efficient,
uses
a
lot
of
electric
power
to
run.
Cost
of
production
is
also
high.
A
fuel-cell
train
would
give
the
perfect
balance
of
efficiency
and
economy,
but
most
importantly,
it
proves
that
our
very
own
Indian
Railway
is
advancing.