21st century locomotive technology: quarterly technical status report 26

Technical Report · Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/963727· OSTI ID:963727

Salasoo, Lembit; Chandra, Ramu

Parasitic losses due to hybrid sodium battery thermal management do not significantly reduce the fuel saving benefits of the hybrid locomotive. Optimal thermal management trajectories were converted into realizable algorithms which were robust and gave excellent performance to limit thermal excusions and maintain fuel savings.

• Research Organization: GE Global Research
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Vehicle Technology Program (EE-2G)
• DOE Contract Number: FC04-02AL68284
• OSTI ID: 963727
• Report Number(s): DOE_68284_TSR26; TRN: US200922%%238
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
25 ENERGY STORAGE
ALGORITHMS
LOCOMOTIVES
MANAGEMENT
PERFORMANCE
SODIUM
TRAJECTORIES
hybrid locomotive sodium battery