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  Future Fuels Rail Traction Summit - Alternative fuels conference for green rail traction 

  http://www.future-fuels-rail-traction.com/

  With the rising cost of fuel and pressures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the rail community faces its biggest challenge yet: to find a cost effective, energy efficient and sustainable alternative ... to diesel oil. Although rail is seen as the most environmentally sustainable mode of transport, operators fear that future margins may be squeezed due to the price of fuel, moreover, to safeguard their long-term investments in traction, an accurate and reliable assessment of the fuel market is crucial The Future Fuels Rail Traction Summit will dissect the current fuel market into its most essential proponents, gathering global rail operators, rolling stock manufacturers and fuel providers to tackle both imminent and long-term problems facing the rail industry in assessing the future provision of traction power. The summit will be an innovative forum for industry experts to share practical results from pilot-tests, pioneering research and industry debate on the next step for rail fuel . A   [More...] [Less...]

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  HITACHI : Easy Maintenance and Environmentally-friendly Train Traction System 

  http://www.hitachi.com/rev/field/industriasystems/2005041_12592.html

  Hitachi, Ltd. has been developing converter-inverter systems and auxiliary power converters to which they have applied vector control techniques and high-voltage IGBTs (insulated gate bipolar transistors), ... airless line breakers, and electronic master controllers. These are applied to make train traction systems more functional, to make maintenance easier, and to reduce energy consumption. The need is growing for diesel-powered train traction systems that are easy to maintain, highly efficient, and environmentally friendly. Moreover, the demand exists for much smaller traction systems for electric trains. Therefore Hitachi developed hybrid propulsion systems for diesel-powered trains to which the traction systems techniques for electric trains was applied, and small cooling equipment that uses water circulation. Both of them were developed jointly with East Japan Railway Company (JR-East). In addition, Hitachi developed sensorless speed vector control that eliminates the need for a spee   [More...] [Less...]

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