| Issue |
MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 134, 2017
18th International Scientific Conference - LOGI 2017
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| Article Number | 00041 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201713400041 | |
| Published online | 08 November 2017 | |
Shunting Locomotives Fuel and Power Resources Decrease
1 Kazakh Transport and communication Academy, Faculty of Automation and Telecommunications, Shevchenko Street 97, Kazakhstan
2 Karagnada State Technical University, Mira Avenue 56, Karagandy 100000, Kazakhstan
3 University of Žilina, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications Department of Railway Transport, Univerzitná 1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia
* Corresponding author: eva.brumecikova@fpedas.uniza.sk
The article discusses about the increase in operational fuel consumption of shunting locomotives in the cold season. Possible solutions to this problem through the use of diesel engines with dry crankcase are considered. The technique of evaluating the thermal state of the diesel engine and the calculation of fuel consumption of heating boiler are provided.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017
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