Zero Emission Diesel Engine Replacement Drive Train

交通部长宣布了到2040年将所有柴油列车从轨道上移除的雄心。这给英国铁路网络带来了技术挑战，英国2万英里的铁路网中只有42%是电气化的，用于客运机车柴油动车组(DMU)。在过去的五年里，Steamology一直在开发创新的氢基零排放蒸汽动力涡轮机。十多年来，该技术团队一直致力于过热蒸汽工程。继汽轮机驱动汽车的世界陆地速度纪录项目取得成功后，优先考虑的是开发一种用于商业应用的清洁、新型能源密集的氢气和氧气燃料蒸汽机组。可持续创新基金：SBRI阶段1将使这项技术能够应用于具体的竞争主题：加快向低碳交通的转变。零排放柴油发动机替代传动系将为158级动车组提供全尺寸运行的~300kW柴油发动机替代传动系，展示驱动测功机的测试单元中的典型在役占空比。汽轮机和变速器将被设计为安装在车辆上，在第二阶段之后，Steamology已经建立了合作伙伴，拥有英国约34%的客运车辆，以及一家全球变速器供应商。支持将柴油发动机更换为经过认证的零排放直驱列车和燃料系统，以重新牵引动车组。对气候变化的影响可以通过减少柴油使用而减少的二氧化碳排放直接记录下来。蒸汽学蒸汽发生器正在申请专利。封闭式系统是零排放的，在可重复的循环中不会产生碳、硫、氮氧化物或颗粒排放。汽轮机结构紧凑、坚固可靠、活动部件少，适用于铁路行业的高负荷运行。蒸汽学采用“从摇篮到摇篮”的方法。这意味着不使用稀土或有毒材料或外来制造工艺来设计和制造具有简单、服务、维护和长寿命的产品。在英国铁路行业高度监管的环境下展示约300千瓦的汽轮机，将为英国约3700个动车组提供一个极好的营销机会，并更广泛地向全球80多个国家和地区运营的约14,000个动车组提供营销机会。Steamology将探索更广泛的零排放功率涡轮机应用；铁路货运海运、重型运输和静态工业电力应用。

The Minister for Transport has announced the ambition to remove all diesel only trains off the track by 2040\. This presents technical challenges to the UK rail network, where only ~42% of the 20,000-mile network is electrified, for passenger locomotive Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs). For the last five years Steamology have been developing innovative hydrogen based zero emission steam power turbines. For over a decade the technical team have been working with superheated steam engineering. Following a successful world land speed record project for a steam turbine driven car the priority has been the development of a clean, novel energy dense hydrogen and oxygen fuelled steam unit for commercial applications. The Sustainable Innovation Fund: SBRI phase1 will enable the application of this technology to the specific competition theme: accelerating the shift to low carbon transport. The Zero Emission Diesel Engine Replacement Drive Train will deliver a full scale operational ~300kW diesel engine replacement drive train for a Class 158 DMU demonstrating a typical in-service duty cycle in a test cell driving a Dynamometer. The steam turbine and transmission will be designed to be installed, on vehicle, on network following phase2 Steamology have partners in place owning ~34% of the UK's passenger rolling stock as well as a global supplier of transmissions. Support is in place to re-traction a DMU by replacing the diesel engine with a certified zero emission direct drive train and fuel system. The impact on climate change can be directly recorded by carbon dioxide emissions removed by the reduction in diesel fuel use. The Steamology steam generators are patent pending. The closed system is emission free, producing no Carbon, Sulphur, NOX or particulate emissions in a repeatable cycle. Steam turbines are compact, robust and reliable with few moving parts, suitable for the aggressive duty cycle of the railway industry. Steamology adopt a 'Cradle to Cradle' approach. This means not using rare earth or toxic materials or exotic manufacturing processes designing and engineering products with simple, service, maintenance and long-life. Demonstrating a ~300kW steam turbine in the highly regulated setting of the UK rail industry will provide an excellent marketing opportunity to the ~3700 UK DMU's and more widely to the Worldwide ~14,000DMU's in operation in more than 80 countries. Steamology will explore wider zero emission power turbine applications in; rail freight marine, heavy haulage and static industrial power applications.