PT Journal
AU Buriakovskyi, S
   Liubarskyi, B
   Maslii, A
   Pomazan, D
   Tavrina, T
TI Research of a Hybrid Diesel Locomotive Power Plant Based on a Free-Piston Engine
SO Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina
PY 2020
BP 103
EP 109
VL 22
IS 3
DI 10.26552/com.C.2020.3.103-109
WP https://komunikacie.uniza.sk/artkey/csl-202003-0011.php
DE internal combustion engine; power plant; free piston engine; linear generator; crankshaft
SN 13354205
AB This article describes one of the possible ways for improving the energy efficiency of shunting diesel locomotives. It means a replacing a traditional traction electric transmission with a diesel generator set with a hybrid transmission with a free-piston internal combustion engine and a linear generator. The absence of a crankshaft in an internal combustion engine makes it possible to reduce thermal and mechanical losses, which, in turn, leads to an increase in the efficiency of traction electric transmission of the diesel locomotive.
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