The General Electric Company embarked upon a study to evaluate various alternatives for the design and manufacture a coal fired locomotive considering various prime movers, but retaining the electric drive transmission. The initial study was supported by the Burlington-Northern and Norfolk-Southern railroads, and included the following alternatives: coal fired diesel locomotive; direct fired gas turbine locomotives; direct fired gas turbine locomotive with steam injection; raw coal gasifier gas turbine locomotive; and raw coal fluid bed steam turbine locomotive. All alternatives use the electric drive transmission and were selected for final evaluation. The first three would use a coal water slurry as a fuel, which must be produced by new processing plants. Therefore, use of a slurry would require a significant plant capital investment. The last two would use classified run-of-the-mine (ROM) coal with much less capital expenditure. Coal fueling stations would be required but are significantly lower in capital cost than a coal slurry plant. For any coal fired locomotive to be commercially viable, it must pass the following criteria: be technically feasible and environmentally acceptable; meet railroads' financial expectations; and offer an attractive return to the locomotive manufacturer. These three criteria are reviewed in the report. (ERA citation 14:000858)
Economic Assessment of Coal-Burning Locomotives: Topical Report
1986
329 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Reciprocation & Rotating Combustion Engines , Jet & Gas Turbine Engines , Fuels , Railroad Transportation , Diesel Engines , Locomotives , Coal , Coal-Fired Gas Turbines , Comparative Evaluations , Cost , Design , Efficiency , Fossil Fuels , Fuel Consumption , Gas Turbines , Maintenance , Slurries , Technology Assessment , Uses , ERDA/330102 , ERDA/330103 , ERDA/014000 , ERDA/330800
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