8.The system of claim 1 wherein at least one locomotive is a dual fuel locomotive including a first fuel type and a second fuel type; wherein the database includes a plurality of first fuel consumption rates of the first fuel type and a plurality of second fuel consumption rates of a se...
The tests were performed in accordance with the 2004/26/WE Directive and UIC 624 Chart. It was found that the increase of the RME part up to 50 % in the mixture with diesel fuel increases the fuel consumption per hour by 10 % when idling and by 15% when the engine is at full load...
3 is a chart indicating the fuel saving opportunity of consist optimizer for a consist comprised of three-locomotives. [0012] FIG. 4 is a block diagram of one embodiment of a consist optimizer system. [0013] Corresponding reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings....
the intake of the engine, the high pressure EGR system is configured to reduce a speed of the compressor to a level below a choke condition, the low pressure EGR system is configured to reduce specific fuel consumption, and the low pressure EGR system is configured to maintain engine power....
Comparison chart of brake power before and after optimization. Table 6 shows the optimal input solutions selected after the trade-offs from the Pareto front and the verification of the corresponding output results. The optimization results shown in Figure 14 and Figure 15 indicate that the optimiza...
Experimental flow chart of test bench. Table 4. Parameters of electric locomotive. In the controller, the host computer interfaces with the controller via a serial port, exchanging various operational parameters and commands. The controller is equipped with drivers operating on the FreeRTOS (real...