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Forum Index : Other Stuff : Interesting concept forpower blackouts to transit systems
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CaptainBoing Guru  Joined: 07/09/2016 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2075 |
This popped up in my news feed this morning https://www.railwaygazette.com/technology/batteries-to-feed-overhead-electrification-in-first-of-a-kind-trial/57239.article?utm_source=RBUKnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Story%201%20Link&utm_campaign=RBUKnewsletter-%2020200903#:~:text=UK%3A%20Hitachi%20ABB%20Power%20Grids,50%20Hz%20overhead%20power%20supplies. |
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| zeitfest Guru Joined: 31/07/2019 Location: AustraliaPosts: 482 |
Interesting...I guess the transmission losses are not serious so it works ok. It begs the idea, of putting the (large) batteries on the trains themselves for some instances. It wouldn't need overhead wires etc, a lithium battery would be light, replacing diesel costs would pay off the battery well, and batteries as railcars could be swapped, charged etc easily. |
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