TWO-SECTION GAS-TURBINE LOCOMOTIVE

摘要

The invention relates to designs of locomotives running on a cryogenic fuel, in particular on liquefied natural gas. The inventive gas-turbine locomotive comprises two units each of them comprising a frame with a body, a control cab, bogies with traction electric motors, an electric equipment package with high-voltage chambers supplying power to the traction electric motors. The first unit accommodates a gas-turbine engine, a traction turbogenerator and a gas equipment package, and the other unit accommodates a cryogenic tank for liquefied natural gas and cryogenic equipment connected to the gas equipment package of the first unit. The body of the second unit of the inventive gas-turbine locomotive comprises a front compartment and a rear compartment with a frame open floor arranged therebetween. The cryogenic tank for liquefied natural gas is made removable and is installed on the frame open floor. A control cab is arranged in the front compartment, and the cryogenic equipment and the high-voltage chambers are arranged in the rear compartment.