While the gas turbine is not new to the railroads, there are none in freight service at this time. Increases in fuel prices, particularly Diesel No. 2, and advances in turbine technology have made it necessary to re-examine the use of gas turbine locomotive. A recently completed study by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the Department of Energy has shown that a coal-fired locomotive is attractive from the fuel supply, fuel cost, and overall economic standpoints. The turbine technology appears to be adequate, but the use of coal in turbines appears to be the key problems. Advances in coal technology in the last ten years indicates that a clean, efficient coal-fired gas turbine electric locomotive is technically feasible.


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    Titel :

    Economic aspects of advanced coal-fired gas turbine locomotives


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Wirtschaftliche Gesichtspunkte bei modernen kohlebefeuerten Gasturbinenlokomotiven


    Beteiligte:
    Liddle, S.G. (Autor:in) / Bonzo, B.B. (Autor:in) / Houser, B.C. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1983


    Format / Umfang :

    6 Seiten, 6 Tabellen, 9 Quellen


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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