Fuel Consumption of Freight Trains Hauled by Diesel Electric LocomotivesSource: Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering:;1983:;volume( 105 ):;issue: 002::page 75Author:R. W. Radford
DOI: 10.1115/1.3185875Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The cost of railway diesel fuel has become an increasingly high proportion of railway operating expenses. The paper analyzes the generation and utilization of rail horsepower in freight train operations. The effects on fuel consumption of variations in several parameters including train consist, car weight, gradient, average speed, meet strategy, throttle control, locomotive axle arrangement, and train marshalling are examined. Estimates are made of the value, in terms of fuel cost, of weight reduction of freight cars and of selective train marshalling.
keyword(s): Diesel , Locomotives , Trains , Fuel consumption , Railroads , Weight (Mass) , Fuels , Horsepower , Gradients , Rails AND Freight cars ,
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| contributor author | R. W. Radford | |
| date accessioned | 2017-05-08T23:15:57Z | |
| date available | 2017-05-08T23:15:57Z | |
| date copyright | May, 1983 | |
| date issued | 1983 | |
| identifier issn | 1087-1357 | |
| identifier other | JMSEFK-27702#75_1.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl/handle/yetl/97341 | |
| description abstract | The cost of railway diesel fuel has become an increasingly high proportion of railway operating expenses. The paper analyzes the generation and utilization of rail horsepower in freight train operations. The effects on fuel consumption of variations in several parameters including train consist, car weight, gradient, average speed, meet strategy, throttle control, locomotive axle arrangement, and train marshalling are examined. Estimates are made of the value, in terms of fuel cost, of weight reduction of freight cars and of selective train marshalling. | |
| publisher | The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) | |
| title | Fuel Consumption of Freight Trains Hauled by Diesel Electric Locomotives | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 105 | |
| journal issue | 2 | |
| journal title | Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering | |
| identifier doi | 10.1115/1.3185875 | |
| journal fristpage | 75 | |
| journal lastpage | 87 | |
| identifier eissn | 1528-8935 | |
| keywords | Diesel | |
| keywords | Locomotives | |
| keywords | Trains | |
| keywords | Fuel consumption | |
| keywords | Railroads | |
| keywords | Weight (Mass) | |
| keywords | Fuels | |
| keywords | Horsepower | |
| keywords | Gradients | |
| keywords | Rails AND Freight cars | |
| tree | Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering:;1983:;volume( 105 ):;issue: 002 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext |