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US 8,919,259 B2Granted
Fuel system for consist having daughter locomotive
AssigneeElectro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
InventorAaron Gamache Foege
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Abstract
The disclosure is directed to a fuel system for a consist. The fuel system may have a tank located on a tender car of the consist and configured to hold a supply of liquefied gaseous fuel. The fuel system may also have an accumulator located on a daughter locomotive of the consist and configured to hold a supply of gaseous fuel. The fuel system may further have at least one conduit fluidly connecting the tank to the accumulator and the accumulator to a first engine on a lead locomotive of the consist.
Claims17
A fuel system for a consist, comprising:
- a tank located on a tender car of the consist and configured to hold a supply of liquefied gaseous fuel;
- an accumulator located on a daughter locomotive of the consist and configured to hold a supply of gaseous fuel, wherein the accumulator is located on the daughter locomotive in a position corresponding to a cabin on a lead locomotive of the consist;
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- at least one conduit fluidly connecting the tank to the accumulator and the accumulator to a first engine on the lead locomotive.
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A method of fueling a consist, comprising:
- pumping fuel from a tank located on a tender car of the consist to an accumulator on a daughter locomotive within the consist, wherein the accumulator is located on the daughter locomotive in a position corresponding to a cabin on a lead locomotive of the consist;
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- distributing the fuel from the accumulator to a first engine in the lead locomotive of the consist.
A consist, comprising:
- a lead locomotive having at least a first engine configured to power the consist;
- a daughter locomotive coupled to the lead locomotive and having at least a second engine configured to power the consist;
- a tender car coupled to the daughter locomotive;
- a tank located on the tender car and configured to hold a supply of liquefied gaseous fuel;
- an accumulator located on the daughter locomotive in a position corresponding to a cabin on the lead locomotive;
- a pump located on the tender car and configured to pump fuel from the tank;
- a heat exchanger located on the tender car and configured to vaporize the fuel;
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- at least one conduit fluidly connecting the tank to the accumulator and the accumulator to the at least a first and at least a second engines on the lead locomotive and on the daughter locomotive.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.