Natural gas the new locomotive fuel

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6552771

Tuskey, L W

This is a report on modification of a locomotive diesel engine to a dual-fuel engine to determine if the dual fuel engine in railway service will provide high performance, lower fuel and maintenance costs. After the locomotive was modified and the new governor and linkage were installed by General Motors at the BN's Northtown Diesel Shop near Minneapolis, the locomotive went through startup procedures. General Motors participated in startup. Some calibration, adjustments and minor piping changes were required but in general the problems encountered in startups were quite insignificant. The locomotive was connected to the load box (static test) during startup and at 720 RPM exceeded the required output for this test as established by the parties. Operation on straight oil over the range from idle through No. 8 throttle notch and on dual fuel from No. 5 through No. 8 throttle notch was smooth as was the transfer from oil to gas and from gas to oil. The engine exhaust on straight oil was almost clear but on gas it was totally clear. 16 references, 3 figures, 4 tables.

• Research Organization: Northern States Power Co., Minneapolis, MN (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6552771
• Report Number(s): CONF-840470-1; ON: DE84901824
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
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DIESEL ENGINES
DUAL-FUEL ENGINES
ENERGY SOURCES
ENGINES
EXHAUST GASES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
NATURAL GAS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
RETROFITTING
START-UP
TESTING
TRAINS
VEHICLES
WASTES