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加拿大國家鐵路公司的訂單從Westport四LNG招標/Canadian National Railway Orders Four LNG Tenders from Westport
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西港創(chuàng)新公司,設(shè)計師和制造商的發(fā)動機技術(shù)上運作自然gasfuel的,已經(jīng)推出液化天然氣(LNG)投標產(chǎn)品的解決方案,為了從加拿大國家鐵路四標段。首次招標燃料供應(yīng)到相鄰的天然氣動力機車將在2013年第四季度交付。
執(zhí)行副總裁尼古拉斯·桑塔格說,“有越來越多的共識使用LNG作為燃料機車的巨大潛力,為行業(yè)實現(xiàn)這一目標轉(zhuǎn)移到一個更清潔,更便宜,國內(nèi)現(xiàn)有的燃料,有一個清晰的路徑,”西港。“西港LNG招標充分利用我們的主要專長在LNG儲罐,低溫系統(tǒng),燃料和天然氣交付移動應(yīng)用程序創(chuàng)建一個產(chǎn)品,將立即幫助鐵路,以驗證其業(yè)務(wù)價值的液化天然氣(LNG)今天,內(nèi)置的升級通路的下一代機車未來幾年過來。“
LNG在西港LNG招標,而不是簡單地替換現(xiàn)有機車柴油機油箱,提供了許多優(yōu)點:
- 超過10,000加侖液化天然氣產(chǎn)能提供更長的范圍比內(nèi)燃機車,減少液化天然氣基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施和加油加油站的必要性
- 智能加油控制將允許投標供應(yīng)燃料,天然氣機車從幾乎任何制造商,在不同的專有的燃料供應(yīng)解決方案降低運營的復(fù)雜性和投資
- 每項投標可以支持兩個機車,減少所需的資本投資移動到LNG
- 利用行業(yè)標準的車輛設(shè)計和40',最大限度地減少成本,并允許生產(chǎn)量迅速增加,作為行業(yè)遷移到LNG的LNG ISO罐
CN提供液化天然氣的運輸解決方案,使得它自然為我們的合作伙伴正在測試天然氣機車和西港的經(jīng)驗,說:“CN副總裁格里·韋伯,供應(yīng),艦隊和燃料管理。“這些招標將立即使用雙燃料機車主線服務(wù),允許CN繼續(xù)探索這項技術(shù)為手段,以促進公司的可持續(xù)發(fā)展議程,并改善環(huán)境排放。”
西港合作與INOXCVA,低溫運輸設(shè)備的制造商,這些招標。已簽訂一項協(xié)議,低溫系統(tǒng),能夠快速滿足鐵路行業(yè)短期內(nèi)需求Westport和INOXCVA的。
韋斯特波特還與卡特彼勒公司合作,自2012年6月共同開發(fā)天然氣技術(shù)的卡特彼勒產(chǎn)品,包括新一代的機車。
第一高壓直噴(HPDI)機車將被證明在2014年通過一個財團由加拿大可持續(xù)技術(shù)發(fā)展計劃資助,加拿大國家鐵路,電動力柴油(EMD,卡特彼勒公司的子公司Progress Rail服務(wù),合作) ,嘎斯地鐵。卡特彼勒和Westport相結(jié)合的技術(shù)和專業(yè)知識,包括西港HPDI技術(shù)和卡特彼勒公司的行業(yè)領(lǐng)先的越野發(fā)動機和機器的產(chǎn)品技術(shù),來開發(fā)這些新的天然氣產(chǎn)品。商業(yè)化生產(chǎn),預(yù)計在2017年的HPDI機車由EMD。
Westport Innovations Inc., a designer and manufacturer of engine technology that operates on natural gasfuel, has launched a liquefied natural gas (LNG) tender product solution with an order for four tenders from Canadian National Railway. The first tender to supply fuel to an adjacent natural-gas powered locomotive will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2013.
“There is growing consensus around the enormous potential of using LNG as a fuel for locomotives and there is a clear path for the industry to achieve this shift to a cleaner, cheaper and domestically available fuel,” said Nicholas Sonntag, Executive Vice-President at Westport. “The Westport LNG Tender leverages our substantial expertise in LNG storage, cryogenic systems, and natural gas fuel delivery for mobile applications to create a product that will immediately help railroads to validate the value of LNG in their operations today, with a built-in upgrade pathway to the next-generation locomotives coming over the next few years.”
Putting the LNG on a Westport LNG Tender, rather than simply replacing the diesel fuel tanks on existing locomotives, offers a number of advantages:
- More than 10,000 gallons LNG capacity—provides longer range than a diesel locomotive, reducing the need for LNG refuelling infrastructure and refuelling stops
- Intelligent fueling controls will allow tenders to supply fuel to natural gas locomotives from virtually any manufacturer, reducing operational complexity and investment in different proprietary fuel supply solutions
- Each tender can support two locomotives, reducing the capital investment required to move to LNG
- Utilizes an industry standard vehicle design and 40′ LNG ISO tank, which minimizes cost and will allow production volumes to be rapidly increased as the industry migrates to LNG
“CN is testing natural gas locomotives and Westport’s experience in providing LNG solutions for transportation makes it the natural partner for us,” said Gerry Weber, CN Vice-President Supply, Fleet and Fuel Management. “These tenders will be used immediately with our dual fuel locomotives in mainline service, allowing CN to continue to explore this technology as a means to advance the company’s sustainability agenda and improve environmental emissions.”
Westport is collaborating with INOXCVA, a manufacturer of cryogenic transportation equipment, on these tenders. Westport and INOXCVA have entered into an agreement for cryogenic systems to be able to rapidly meet the near-term demand in the rail industry.
Westport has also been collaborating with Caterpillar Inc. since June 2012 to co-develop natural gas technology for Caterpillar products, including the next generation of locomotives.
The first high pressure direct injection (HPDI) locomotive will be demonstrated in 2014 through a consortium program funded by Sustainable Technology Development Canada in partnership with Canadian National Railway, Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD, a subsidiary of Progress Rail Services, a Caterpillar company), and Gaz Metro. Caterpillar and Westport are combining technologies and expertise, including Westport™ HPDI technology and Caterpillar’s industry leading off-road engine and machine product technology, to develop these new natural gas products. Commercial production of HPDI locomotives by EMD is expected in 2017.