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Partner Email:
riccius@europanorat.de
Project Title:
Prospects of a new generation of accumulator railcars
Abstract:
In the last years the public awareness of problems caused be climate changes has increased dramatically. This lead to a broad discussion on the future of transport and especially the mobility of persons. The term e-mobility became common. Many people have only cars with electric or hybrid drives in mind when they think about e-mobility. However, e-mobility includes much more vehicles than only cars. Already in the first decade of the last century a good part of short range public transport was carried out by accumulator railcars. This technology lost the competition with diesel railcars, trams and busses. Today, in a time of new discussion on the future of individual and public transport the question arises, if accumulator railcars may again become a good alternative for the current means of person transport. There are many secondary railway lines in Europe no longer in use for common transport or with low frequency of trains. The Master Theses should investigate if these lines (and possibly further ones) could get a revival by accumulator railcars. Topics of this investigation should be the following: State of the art of accumulators with respect to their usage in railcars Effort for recharging these accumulators Achievable range of movement of accumulator railcars before recharging is required Energy balance considered from the generation of electrical energy in power stations via the transport to charging points in railway stations, the storage of electrical energy in accumulators up the consumption of it during the process of railcar movement Efficiency of this kind of transport from the energetic point of view, including questions of maintenance and lifespan of accumulators Ecological implications of this chain of production, transformation and utilization of electric energy Economic questions concerning the vitalization of secondary railway lines by accumulator railcars
Advisor:
Walter Riccius
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Degree:
Master
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