Diesel multiple units (DMU) offer an affordable alternative to electric trains on lines in which infrastructural and maintenance costs of electrification are not justified. A further improvement of sustainability involves the abandonment of internal combustion engines in favour of an electric power train sustained by an on-board storage system. In this work, the authors propose a model to perform a rapid simulation of hybrid storage systems based on hydrogen fuel cells,a technology that should be complementary with respect to battery-operated trains. The proposed tool is applied, as a benchmark test case, to a modular passenger train devoted to regional service. Obtained results clearly demonstrate the capabilities of proposed tools and give useful indications for a feasible optimization and integration of fuel cells for railway applications.

A tool for rapid simulation and sizing of hybrid traction systems with fuel cells / Luca Pugi; Lorenzo Berzi; Francesco Cirillo; Alessandro Vecchi; Viola Pagliazzi. - In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. PART F, JOURNAL OF RAIL AND RAPID TRANSIT. - ISSN 0954-4097. - ELETTRONICO. - -:(2022), pp. -.0--.0. [10.1177/09544097221092622]

A tool for rapid simulation and sizing of hybrid traction systems with fuel cells

Luca Pugi
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
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Lorenzo Berzi
Methodology
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Francesco Cirillo
Membro del Collaboration Group
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Viola Pagliazzi
Software
2022

Abstract

Diesel multiple units (DMU) offer an affordable alternative to electric trains on lines in which infrastructural and maintenance costs of electrification are not justified. A further improvement of sustainability involves the abandonment of internal combustion engines in favour of an electric power train sustained by an on-board storage system. In this work, the authors propose a model to perform a rapid simulation of hybrid storage systems based on hydrogen fuel cells,a technology that should be complementary with respect to battery-operated trains. The proposed tool is applied, as a benchmark test case, to a modular passenger train devoted to regional service. Obtained results clearly demonstrate the capabilities of proposed tools and give useful indications for a feasible optimization and integration of fuel cells for railway applications.
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Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Luca Pugi; Lorenzo Berzi; Francesco Cirillo; Alessandro Vecchi; Viola Pagliazzi
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