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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsAjith Kumar, Steven Pelkowski, Mark Kraeling, Glen Peltonen, James Kiss, Daniel Ballesty, Wolfgang Daum, Bradley Hendrickson, Gerald Hess, Glenn Shaffer, Daniel Wolf, Leonard Hill, Steven Kellner
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A locomotive (10) is operable in two or more distinct configurations, with the change in configuration being response to a configuration input signal (35). A locomotive configuration is represented by the set of end use device control signals (13) that are generated by the locomotive control systems (22) in response to the respective set of operational input values (27). For a given set of operational input values, a first set of end use device control signals is generated when a configuration input has a first value, and a second set of end use device control signals is generated when a configuration input has a second value. The configuration input variable is responsive to an emission profile associated with the locomotive location. A value of a locomotive emission parameter corresponding to the emission profile is monitored and saved in a storage device (e.g., 104).
A system for monitoring and controlling locomotive engine emissions comprising:
A method of monitoring locomotive engine emissions:
A method of managing operation of a locomotive that moves between at least two operating areas, the locomotive having at least two emission profiles of operation, the locomotive traveling along a path comprised of at least two operating areas, each operating area having at least one emission profile associated therewith, with the emission profile of one operating area being different from that of a second area, the method comprising:
Computer readable media containing program instructions for monitoring locomotive engine emissions, the computer readable media comprising:
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