Design and operation of a medium speed 12-cylinder coal-fueled diesel engine: Phase 2 improvements

Conference · Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:10140700

Confer, G L; Hsu, B D; McDowell, R E ^[1]; Gal, E; Van Kleunen, W; Kaldor, S; Mengel, M ^[2]

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1. GE Transportation Systems, Erie, PA (United States)
2. GE Environmental Services, Inc., Erie, PA (United States)

Under the sponsorship of the US Department of Energy, General Electric has been pioneering the development of a coal fired diesel engine to power a locomotive. The feasibility of using a coal water slurry (CWS) mixture as a fuel in a medium speed diesel engine has been demonstrated with the first successful locomotive systems test in 1991 on the GE Transportation Systems test track in Erie, PA. Phase II of the development process incorporates the results of the programs research in durable engine parts, improved combustion efficiency, and emissions reduction. A GE 7FDL12 engine has been built using diamond insert injector nozzles, tungsten carbide coated piston rings and tungsten carbide coated liners to overcome power assembly wear. Electronic controlled fuel injection for both diesel pilot and main CWS injector were incorporated to control injection timing. An envelop filter and copper oxide sorbent system were used to cleanup engine emissions. The system is capable of removing over 99% of the particulates, 90% of the SO{sub 2} and 85% of NO{sub x}.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Erie, PA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC21-88MC23174
• OSTI ID: 10140700
• Report Number(s): DOE/MC/23174-94/C0332; CONF-940113-10; ON: DE94009547; BR: AA0510000/AA5525000
• Resource Relation: Conference: 17. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) energy-sources technology conference and exhibition (ETCE),New Orleans, LA (United States),23-26 Jan 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
DIESEL ENGINES
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
MATERIALS
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
FUEL SLURRIES
COMBUSTION
COAL
WATER
LOCOMOTIVES
TUNGSTEN CARBIDES
DIAMONDS
NOZZLES
LINERS
PISTONS
FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS
PARTICULATES
NITROGEN OXIDES
SULFUR DIOXIDE
COPPER OXIDES
ADSORBENTS
FILTRATION
EXHAUST GASES
EMISSION
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DIESEL
ALTERNATIVE FUELS
CORROSION AND EROSION