Locomotive on-board electric retrofit: Using the UBCO STS lab's unique locomotive electric power management research expertise to solve Southern Railway of BC (SRY) design problem.

英属哥伦比亚南部铁路有限公司（SRY）与UBCO可持续交通安全（STS）研究人员接洽，以解决一个非常具体且具有技术挑战性的设计问题。SRY目前的24台柴油-电力机车产生的空气质量下降和高水平的噪音和振动给SRY带来了财务和公关负担，因为大温哥华地区的每台机车的非道路柴油排放登记费不符合美国环保署的2级PM标准（每台机车每年高达35,000美元）。选择清洁、安静的机车推进系统也有助于改善公司的公众形象。UBCO STS研究人员在加拿大是独一无二的，他们研究和设计了sys柴油电力机车的全电力推进系统改造。应用UBCO铁路电气化专业知识来研究和测试消除燃烧碳氢化合物的改造可行性是NSERC参与应用的主要目标。如果成功解决SRY的设计问题，它将是2018年全面原型项目的先驱。此外，该NSERC参与将产生设计规范、后勤要求、可行性结果和成本估算，以便将UBCO的理论研究/设计解决方案应用于地面sry原型演示项目。通过传统方法（例如架空电线或像Skytrain这样的第三轨）使SRY的车队电气化过于昂贵，耗时，不美观且不切实际。UBCO STS在车载电池和燃料电池混合技术方面的研究表明，与UBCO STS的电源管理系统技术相结合，可以实现成本更低的改造解决方案。这项技术在加拿大是独一无二的。SRY拥有机械系统工程经验和车库操作能力来进行这样的机车改造。但SRY需要UBCO的STS专业知识和技术来解决其设计问题。这是UBCO STS研究的合乎逻辑的下一步。它还将满足SRY柴油机车的需求，以减少排放，噪音和成本，并解决当地社区的投诉。

UBCO Sustainable Transport Safety (STS) researchers have been approached by Southern Railway of BritishColumbia Limited (SRY) to solve a very specific and technically challenging design problem. The reduced airquality and high levels of noise & vibrations produced by SRY`s current fleet of 24 diesel-electric locomotivescreate financial and PR burdens on SRY due to Metro Vancouver's Non-Road Diesel Emissions registrationfees for each locomotive not meeting US EPA Tier 2 levels for PM (up to $35,000/year per locomotive). It isalso an improvement of the company`s public image to opt for clean and quiet locomotive propulsion systems.UBCO STS researchers are unique in Canada to research and design an on-board all-electric propulsion systemretrofit for SRYs diesel-electric locomotives. Applying UBCO rail electrification expertise to research and testfeasibility of retrofits that eliminate burning hydrocarbons is the main goal of this NSERC Engage application.If successful in solving SRY's design problem, it would be a precursor to a full-scale prototype project in 2018.Moreover, this NSERC Engage would produce design specifications, logistic requirements, feasibility results,and cost estimates towards applying UBCO's theoretical research/design solution in an on-the-ground SRYprototype demonstration project. Electrifying SRY's fleet by traditional methods (e.g. overhead wires or thirdrail like Skytrain) is too expensive, time consuming, unsightly and impractical for retrofits. UBCO STSresearch in on-board battery and fuel cell hybrid technology have demonstrated that a much lower-cost retrofitsolution is possible when integrated with UBCO STS's power management system technology. This technologyis unique in Canada. SRY has both the mechanical systems engineering experience and garage operationscapacity to conduct such a locomotive retrofit. But SRY needs UBCO STS expertise and technology to solveits design problem. This is a logical next step for UBCO STS research. It would also meet SRY diesellocomotive needs in their quest to reduce emissions, noise, and costs, and, to address local communitycomplaints.