TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and design of a narrow-gauge hydrogen-hybrid locomotive
AU - Coombe, Duncan
AU - Fisher, Peter
AU - Hoffrichter, Andreas
AU - Kent, Stephen
AU - Reed, Daniel
AU - Rowshandel, Hamed
AU - Tutcher, Jonathan
AU - Entezami, Mani
AU - Hillmansen, Stuart
AU - Bevan, Alexander
AU - Book, David
AU - Dickerson, Rory
AU - Harris, Ivor
AU - Roberts, Clive
AU - Sperin, Kevin
AU - Stewart, Edward
AU - Yeo, Graeme
AU - Zentani, Adnan
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Hydrogen used as an energy carrier is a promising alternative to diesel for autonomous railway motive power, but, globally, few prototypes exist. In 2012, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers held the inaugural Railway Challenge, in which the participating teams had to develop, design and construct a locomotive to run on 10.25 inch (260.35 mm) gauge track while meeting certain set design criteria as well as competing in operational challenges. The University of Birmingham Railway Challenge Team's locomotive design is described in this paper. The vehicle is the UK's first hydrogen-powered locomotive and is called Hydrogen Pioneer. The drive-system consists of a hydrogen tank, a 1.1 kW proton-exchange-membrane fuel cell stack, a 4.3 kWh battery pack and two 2.2 kW permanent-magnet traction motors. The development of the locomotive, from the original concept to the final design, and the design validation are all presented in this paper. The locomotive completed successfully all challenges through which the proof of the concept of a hydrogen-hybrid locomotive was established.
AB - Hydrogen used as an energy carrier is a promising alternative to diesel for autonomous railway motive power, but, globally, few prototypes exist. In 2012, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers held the inaugural Railway Challenge, in which the participating teams had to develop, design and construct a locomotive to run on 10.25 inch (260.35 mm) gauge track while meeting certain set design criteria as well as competing in operational challenges. The University of Birmingham Railway Challenge Team's locomotive design is described in this paper. The vehicle is the UK's first hydrogen-powered locomotive and is called Hydrogen Pioneer. The drive-system consists of a hydrogen tank, a 1.1 kW proton-exchange-membrane fuel cell stack, a 4.3 kWh battery pack and two 2.2 kW permanent-magnet traction motors. The development of the locomotive, from the original concept to the final design, and the design validation are all presented in this paper. The locomotive completed successfully all challenges through which the proof of the concept of a hydrogen-hybrid locomotive was established.
KW - hydrail
KW - hydrogen hybrid
KW - hydrogen-powered locomotive
KW - motive power
KW - railway technology
KW - Railway traction
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U2 - 10.1177/0954409714532921
DO - 10.1177/0954409714532921
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84951020307
SN - 0954-4097
VL - 230
SP - 181
EP - 192
JO - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
JF - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
IS - 1
ER -