Development and design of a narrow-gauge hydrogen-hybrid locomotive

Duncan Coombe; Peter Fisher; Andreas Hoffrichter; Stephen Kent; Daniel Reed; Hamed Rowshandel; Jonathan Tutcher; Mani Entezami; Stuart Hillmansen; Alexander Bevan; David Book; Rory Dickerson; Ivor Harris; Clive Roberts; Kevin Sperin; Edward Stewart; Graeme Yeo; Adnan Zentani

doi:10.1177/0954409714532921

Development and design of a narrow-gauge hydrogen-hybrid locomotive

Duncan Coombe, Peter Fisher, Andreas Hoffrichter, Stephen Kent, Daniel Reed, Hamed Rowshandel, Jonathan Tutcher, Mani Entezami, Stuart Hillmansen, Alexander Bevan, David Book, Rory Dickerson, Ivor Harris, Clive Roberts, Kevin Sperin, Edward Stewart, Graeme Yeo, Adnan Zentani^*

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	181-192
Number of pages	12
Journal	Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
Volume	230
Issue number	1
Early online date	14 May 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409714532921
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2016

Keywords

hydrail
hydrogen hybrid
hydrogen-powered locomotive
motive power
railway technology
Railway traction

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Mechanical Engineering

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Coombe, D., Fisher, P., Hoffrichter, A., Kent, S., Reed, D., Rowshandel, H., Tutcher, J., Entezami, M., Hillmansen, S., Bevan, A., Book, D., Dickerson, R., Harris, I., Roberts, C., Sperin, K., Stewart, E., Yeo, G., & Zentani, A. (2016). Development and design of a narrow-gauge hydrogen-hybrid locomotive. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 230(1), 181-192. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409714532921

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