The disclosure is directed to a fuel system for a consist. The fuel system may have a tank located on a tender car of the consist and configured to hold a supply of liquefied gaseous fuel. The fuel system may also have an accumulator located on a daughter locomotive of the consist and configured to hold a supply of pressurized gaseous fuel at a predetermined pressure. The fuel system may further have at least one conduit fluidly connecting the tank to the accumulator and the accumulator to a first engine on a lead locomotive of the consist. The accumulator is configured to supply pressurized gaseous fuel to the first engine when pressure of fluid within the at least one conduit drops below the predetermined pressure of the pressurized gaseous fuel in the accumulator.
Fuel system for consist having daughter locomotive
01.08.2017
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B61C Lokomotiven , LOCOMOTIVES |
Fuel distribution system for multi-locomotive consist
Europäisches Patentamt | 2015
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