Utilizing Locomotive Electrical Locker to Warm Liquid Natural Gas

摘要

A system for the exchange of thermal energy generated by electrical components in an electrical locker to a flow of a liquefied gas is provided. The system includes a storage container for cryogenically storing the liquefied gas at low pressure, a heat exchanger configured into the electrical locker, and a cryogenic pump in fluid communication with the storage container. The cryogenic pump pressurizes the liquefied gas received from the storage container to a higher pressure and pumps the pressurized liquefied gas to a location where vaporization of the liquefied gas into a gaseous form is performed using the thermal energy drawn from the electrical locker by the heat exchanger.