RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Buriakovskyi, Serhiy
A1 Liubarskyi, Borys
A1 Maslii, Artem
A1 Pomazan, Danylo
A1 Tavrina, Tatyana
T1 Research of a Hybrid Diesel Locomotive Power Plant Based on a Free-Piston Engine
JF Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina
YR 2020
VO 22
IS 3
SP 103
OP 109
DO 10.26552/com.C.2020.3.103-109
UL https://komunikacie.uniza.sk/artkey/csl-202003-0011.php
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.