Diesel Freight Carbon Reduction Technology

柴油货运碳减排技术

• 批准号: 971635
• 金额: $ 41.77万
• 依托单位: VORTEX DEVELOPMENTS 2014 LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Small Business Research Initiative
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=971635
• 关键词: Diesel; Freight; Carbon; Reduction; Technology

This 8-month project, commencing March 1st 2019, led by Vortex Developments 2014 Ltd, involves technology transfer from automotive to rail. The technology is a patented 'game changing' exhaust design that produces volumetric efficiency of combustion in the engine cylinders, and reduces fuel consumption as a result, as well as reducing diesel particulates because of improved exhaust gas scavenging. This technology reduces the carbon footprint of rail diesel engines as well as reducing diesel particulates by more than 50%. The exhaust design will allow for further development of a Vortex emissions reduction technology when this is required or requested.The development of the technology for Class 66 freight engines follows the development of a vortex exhaust for passenger Class 156 trains. In a live longitudinal test of a Class 156 train in service a 13.2% mean reduction in diesel was obtained in the back to back trial of the Vortex exhaust against the standard exhaust on the same train engine. The latter trial has given the technology a high Technology Readiness Level, and its next application will be on the 2-stroke Class 66 engines. The latter differ substantially from the Class 156 engines; they are more powerful, lower revving electric generator diesel and are 2-stroke rather than 4-stroke, which presents some challenges. The Class 66 exhaust system is also substantially larger than the Class 156, so construction materials will be stronger and the physical size substantially larger in diameter with the exhaust shorter in length. The Vortex exhaust will be constructed from stainless steel and the warranty will be life time, meaning 20-years. Design and flow calculations will be done with the support of Surrey University whose engineering department has considerable experience in this field, testing will be done with the support of SBL-Rail, a division of Westerton Agencies Ltd, who have substantial experience in testing engines in the automotive and rail sector. The vortex exhaust demonstrator after successful completion of load bank tests and then a six-month live test on a Deutsches Bahn UK Class 66 freight train of the standard versus Vortex exhaust, will go to the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry, and they will assist with manufacturing consultancy. Deutsches Bahn will be the first customer of this exhaust technology should it prove economically acceptible. In that case manufacturing will be carried out by Benson Components Ltd, an SME tier-1 producer for HGV and plant and machinery OEMs. The commercialisation will be undertaken by Unipart Rail, the commercial partner of Vortex Developments 2014 Ltd, and Vortex will work with the PR department of the RSSB to gauge public and rail sector interest in this technology, and disseminate data and information gained from this project. The manufactured product is planned for roll-out into the market within one-year of the project completion.

这个为期8个月的项目于2019年3月1日开始，由Vortex Developments 2014 Ltd领导，涉及从汽车到铁路的技术转移。该技术是一项获得专利的“改变游戏规则”的排气设计，可在发动机气缸中产生燃烧的容积效率，从而降低燃油消耗，并因改善排气净化而减少柴油颗粒。这项技术减少了铁路柴油发动机的碳足迹，并将柴油颗粒物减少了50%以上。排气设计将允许在需要或要求时进一步开发涡流减排技术。66级货运发动机的技术开发遵循156级客运列车涡流排气的开发。在对一列在役156级列车进行的实时纵向测试中，在同一列车发动机上将Vortex排气系统与标准排气系统进行连续试验，柴油平均减少了13.2%。后一项试验使该技术达到了较高的技术准备水平，其下一个应用将是二冲程66级发动机。后者与156级发动机有很大的不同;它们更强大，转速更低的发电机柴油机，是2冲程而不是4冲程，这带来了一些挑战。66级排气系统也比156级大得多，因此建筑材料将更坚固，物理尺寸在直径上大得多，排气长度更短。涡流排气将由不锈钢制成，保修将是终身的，即20年。设计和流量计算将在萨里大学的支持下完成，萨里大学的工程系在该领域拥有丰富的经验，测试将在Westerton Agencies Ltd的一个部门SBL-Rail的支持下完成，该部门在汽车和铁路部门的发动机测试方面拥有丰富的经验。在成功完成负载组测试以及在德国铁路公司英国66级货运列车上进行标准与Vortex排气的六个月现场测试后，Vortex排气演示器将前往考文垂的制造技术中心，他们将协助制造咨询。德国铁路公司将是这种排气技术的第一个客户，如果它被证明是经济上可接受的。在这种情况下，制造将由Benson Components Ltd进行，该公司是HGV和工厂和机械OEM的中小企业一级生产商。商业化将由Vortex Developments 2014 Ltd的商业合作伙伴Unipart Rail进行，Vortex将与RSSB的公关部门合作，以衡量公众和铁路部门对该技术的兴趣，并传播从该项目中获得的数据和信息。生产的产品计划在项目完成后一年内推向市场。