Hydrogen Fuel Cells As Motive Power for Industrial Switcher Locomotives

Hydrogen Fuel Cells As Motive Power for Industrial Switcher Locomotives

Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switcher Locomotives Peter Eggleton Mech Eng Railway Context Advisor to Hydrogenics Corp. ! TELLIGENCE Group Consultants in Transportation Technology Saint-Lambert (Montreal), Canada 11th International Hydrail Conference University of Birmingham, England July 3 - 5, 2016 Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 1 Content of Presentation • Canadian Rail Sector Particulars ! • Hydrail 2013 Background to Current Activities ! • Industrial Switching Sector Characteristics – Types of operations – !Types of locomotion • TractivePower TP56 Industrial Switcher Locomotive – Based on Recycled Equipment – !Diesel Motive Power Baseline Configuration • Hydrogen Fuel Cell Sizing and Retrofit Design – Establish Duty Cycle of Envisaged Deployment Site – Size Fuel Cell, Buffer Battery, Hydrogen Gas Reservoir, BOP – Envisaged HFC Motive Power with Power-to-Gas H Supply ! 2 Annex Listing Other Studies Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 2 Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 3 Environmental Impact of Diesel Prime Movers on Canadian Railways * • Canadian Railway Diesel Motive Power Fleet: – Mainline Freight Locomotives - 2,000 } – Yard, Road Switching Locos - 840 } – Passenger Locomotives - 230 } Total: 3,070 ! • Annual Diesel Fuel Consumption (litres): – Freight operations - 1.9 billion } – Passenger (VIA + Commuter) 100 million } Total: 2 billion ! • Annual Diesel Exhaust Emissions (tonnes): – Greenhouse Gases (CO2 equiv) - 6 million – CACs (NOx, HC, CO, PM, SOx) - 102 thousand ! * Source – Railway Association of Canada ‘Locomotive Emissions Monitoring Program - 2013’ Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 4 Some Background to Current Hydrail Activities • 1) Hydrail 2013 in Toronto was venue for Hydrogenics !Corporation to identify new rail opportunities for HFC. • 2) Telligence Group was retained to undertake HFC application study for the Toronto UP Express Shuttle !railcars to be deployed for 2015 Pan-American Games. • 3) OEM supplying UP Express railcars was reluctant due to schedule pressure, so other OEMs canvassed. ! • 4) Press Release May 26, 2015, on the Hydrogenics- Alstom Transport Agreement to Commercialize HFC. ! • 5) Telligence Group also examined HFC retrofitting of TractivePower TP56 industrial switcher, Commuter Locomotives and DMU railcars as HFC demostrators. Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 5 Industrial Switching Locomotion Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 6 Why Consider Industrial Switching Locomotives for HFC Powering? • Respond to national GHG reduction goals, plus promotion of electrification of transport; ! • Avoid CAC emissions in constrained areas: – Such as Industrial Terminals in sensitive urban areas, – Movements involving significant diesel engine idling, – Near food processing and similar health sensitive sites, – Permitting access to unventilated warehouses, tunnels, – Assembling commuter trains in electrified coach-yards. ! • Simple platform to facilitate HFC retrofit. Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 7 Competing Mobile Railcar Movers and Switcher Locomotives Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 8 HFC Powering Study of TractivePower TP56 Industrial Switcher Locomotive • Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 9 TP56 Body is Half of an EMD SD40-2 6-Axle 3000 hp Freight Locomotive Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 10 HFC – Hybrid Configuration for Powering Locomotive Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 11 Prime Mover Location on TractivePower TP56 Industrial Switcher Locomotive • Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 12 Methodology for Sizing HFC System • Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 13 TP56 Shunting Hopper Cars at Grain Elevator, Cloverdale, B.C., Canada • Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 14 Datalogger 2-hour Trace of Actual kW Drawn by TP56 Traction Motors during Shunting Grain Hopper Cars at Elevator Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 15 Hybrid HFC – Battery Buffer Options for TractivePower TP56 Industrial Switcher Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 16 Fuel Cell / Buffer Battery PowerPack Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 17 Hydrogen Gas Reservoir Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 18 HyPMtm HD90 Technical Data • Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 19 HyPMtm HD90 Performance Data • Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 20 Currently Seeking Support for a Demonstration of a Total HFC / Power-to-Gas System Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 21 With Appreciation for Data and Information from: TractivePower Corporation, North Vancouver, B.C. Hydrogenics Corporation, Mississauga, Ontario Thank you ! Peter Eggleton Principal Consultant ! ! TELLIGENCE Group Saint-Lambert (Montreal), Quebec, J4S 1H4, Canada ! Tel: 1+450-672-5026 Email: [email protected] Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 22 ANNEX LISTING OTHER STUDIES • UP Express Shuttle from Toronto’s Union Station to Pearson Airport ! • Commuter Locomotive for GO Transit Service ! • Retrofit of Railcar for Ottawa O-Train Service Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 23 HFC Powering Study of DMU for Toronto Union Station – Pearson Airport Shuttle • Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 24 Post Pan-American Games DMU to EMU Conversion ?? Step 1: DMU Parts Removal Step 2: Retrofit Electrical Parts for Catenary Powering Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 25 HFC Powering Study of Heavy Rail Commuter Locomotive • Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 26 Speed, MPH 1 1 1 1 0 2 4 6 2 4 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00.0 • 01:52.5 – Burlington Transit GO of Profile Speed Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers for Industrial Fuel Cells as Motive Power Hydrogen 03:45.0 101.537 km;1hour minutes Stops; 18Station 05:34.2 07:26.8 Toronto –Oshawa Commuter Line Toronto 09:16.5 11:09.0 12:59.0 14:51.5 16:44.0 18:34.0 20:26.5 22:19.0 24:08.3 26:00.8 27:50.3 29:42.8 31:31.0 33:23.5 35:16.0 A c 37:06.0 c e l 38:58.5 e r a 40:51.0 t i T o i m 42:40.5 n e P 44:33.0 e r f 46:25.5 o r m 48:18.0 a n 50:10.5 c e 52:00.2 53:52.8 55:41.7 57:34.2 59:24.2 01:16.7 03:04.5 04:57.0 06:46.2 08:38.7 10:31.2 12:20.5 14:13.0 16:00.8 17:53.2 19:45.7 21:35.0 23:27.5 27 25:20.0 S p e e d HFC Study of Retrofitting DMU Railcars on Ottawa O-Train • Hydrogen Fuel Cells as Motive Power for Industrial Switchers 28.

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