Part of an email to VRB power
........."""Let me explain "dynamic braking" in more
> : detail.You can imagine what occures when a 12,000 ton
> : train starts down even a small grade, it wants to
> : accelerate.The locomotive engineer has two options, train
> : braking, applying the air brakes on every car in the train
> : to maintain control or "dynamic braking."
> : "Dynamic braking" is accomplished by the locomotive
> : engineer, by first bringing the engines to an idle, and
> : then moving a lever to turn the traction "motors" (six on
> : each locomotive)into "generators" which produce large
> : amounts of electrical energy, which is wasted, by running
> : it through electrical grids and blowing it off to
> : atmosphere as heat.A point here to be clear,I have seen
> : two 3600 HP locomotives" hold back" a 12,000 ton coal
> : train going down the controlling grade but would stall
> : pulling the same train up the grade.
> : It is my opinion that your VRB battery technology
> : could be incorporated into a specially designed railway
> : car which would be pulled directly behind the locomotives,
> : ready to accept the electrical energy from "dynamic
> : braking" and then feed it back to the locomotives when
> : climing "steep " grades thereby saving railways possibly
> : millions of dollars in fuel costs over the 12,000 cycle
> : life of the VRB system.Of course railway engineers would
> : have to factor in the weight of the car and which
> : subdivisions it would be appropriate to use it on,
> : mountainous subdivisions would be the obvious choice to
> : begin with.
> : The railways have traditionaly been slow to change, but
> : with the cost of fuel these days cutting into profits I am
> : certain they would be open to any proposals from "OUR"
> : company """
The reply from VRB
"" Thank you - the idea has been presented to us and we are exploring that application.
Regards,
V""
The reply to the reply
“”V,
That makes me so happy, looking forward to a news release.
Regards, |
