Emission management for a hybrid locomotive
AssigneeRailpower Technologies Corp.
InventorsFrank Wegner Donnelly, Douglas W. Swartz, John David Watson
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Abstract
A locomotive is provided that includes: a receiver operable to receiving a locating signal, the locating signal indicating a current spatial location of a selected locomotive and a processor operable to (a) determine that the selected locomotive has entered, is entering, and/or is about to enter a spatial zone having at least one controlled parameter, the controlled parameter being at least one of a fuel combustion emissions level and a noise level and (b) configure the operation of the selected locomotive to comply with the controlled parameter.
Claims35
A locomotive, comprising:
- a receiver operable to receive a locating signal, the locating signal indicating a current spatial location of a selected locomotive and
- a processor operable to (a) determine that the selected locomotive has entered, is entering, and/or is about to enter a spatial zone having at least one controlled parameter, the controlled parameter being at least one of a fuel combustion emissions level and noise level and (b) configure the operation of the selected locomotive to comply with the controlled parameter.
A method for operating a locomotive, comprising:
- (a) receiving a locating signal, the locating signal indicating a current spatial location of a selected locomotive;
- (b) determining that the selected locomotive has entered, is entering, and/or is about to enter a spatial zone having at least one controlled parameter, the controlled parameter being at least one of a fuel combustion emissions level and a noise level;
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- (c) configuring the operation of the selected locomotive to comply with the controlled parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.