Australia’s first diesel-hybrid train fleet conversion with Adelaide Metro
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- Adelaide Metro and the Department for Infrastructure and Transport, South Australia together with Keolis Downer has created Australia’s first diesel-hybrid train operations using ABB’s Energy Storage System (ESS), and BORDLINE® Max 700-HP battery pack with a standalone battery cooling system. An ABB traction converter adoption kit integrates the ESS Chopper with a software upgrade to optimise the traction chain efficiency.
As a result of this diesel engine and converter upgrade to more advanced, electrified technology, each of their 50 trains will deliver a C02 reduction of 2,700 tonnes annually combined once the project is completed. The entire system will result in a total energy efficiency improvement of up to 35% when factoring in the original ABB converter upgrade, plus, reduce engine smell and improve passenger experience thanks to reduced diesel engine noise.
Adelaide Metro will be able to experience:
-A reduction in CO2 emissions by ~2,700 tonnes annually, and save over 10 million litres of diesel fuel over ESS life in a fleet of 50 hybrid cars
-Energy savings of up to 20% on a typical commuter train application, largely attributable to the braking energy regeneration feature of the system
-A reduction in the diesel peak load of the engine by 19% which will reduce noise and increase engine lifetime therefore reduce engine maintenance requirements and subsequent lifecycle costs
-The ESS, based on LTO technology, has a 10-year lifetime which corresponds to 1.2 million braking cycles
-The diesel engine can be completely switched off when in an underground station to reduce noise output and air pollution
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Reducing the pollution in Adelaide Central station is a huge benefit!
This is a good interim solution, but it's pretty wild that Adelaide hasn't electrified its entire rail network by now. Melbourne and Sydney did at least 50 years ago or more.
So we are now stuck with ageing rolling stock and no electrification of the Belair line , Grange and the Outer Harbor line. I would rather hear about plans to re open closed lines like Northfield,Willunga and Semaphore.
The Belair line will never get electrification the tunnels are to low for the overhead power lines.
@@boomeraus0073the tunnels aren’t the issue, it’s the trees overhanging the line, and branches that could fall onto the wires and create a fire risk. Remove all the trees and you destabilise thee cliff face, so now we have to build retaining walls all the way along… now the project is too expensive.
Plus most of Belair is single-track, and there’s not much point electrifying one line only to have to tear it all out again when the state finally has the budget to double-track the whole line.
We should get Outer Harbor and Grange electrified fairly soon though.
Don't worry too much everyone. This conversion is mainly so improvements can be made now, without throwing out these railcars before their life is over. I can't be certain, but I believe the next railcars SA purchases for the Belair, Grange and Outer Harbour lines, will be full battery electric.
@@martythemartian99most likely they just electrify the Outer Harbor liens and purchase additional 4000 class EMUs to run those lines rather than looking at new solutions
@@LucyJrts Could be, but I hear rumors that these hybrids are the first test towards seeing if overhead electrification is worth the cost. I would say it is, but will the government?
Key values of keiolis downer; money, money,money.
My Dad has caught the Hybrid Train to work
!Good video, like!
2:10 Dry Creek Triangle
If you're going to make it a hybrid atleast give it a pantograph so that Belair services can run fully electric from Adelaide to Goodwood
Good idea, assuming those railcars can be converted. I'd go whole hog and extend the overheads all the way to the first tunnel, and convert the line to standard gauge.
@@martythemartian99it’d be more expensive to convert the diesel railcars to electric than just to buy more of the 4000 class EMUs that already run to Seaford/Flinders and Gawler.
What we most likely see is Outer Harbor/Grange electrified, and the 3000 class railcars relegated to just Belair and maybe Port Dock for the time being.
You can't always rely on electricity
Not to bring the tone down but looks like a guy having a slash at 53 seconds
Hybridising was a great move, but did you absolutely have to repaint them with that ugly green stripe?
Honestly I preferred the old yellow fronts, but at least the red fronts and grey stripe didn’t look like a bad cartoon! 😂
I suppose to some people, if it isn't coloured green, it can't be green.🤓
Bonjour 👋 peut-il exister un train carburant , métro batterie électrique , locomotive à vapeur , tramway , et train fusé turbo les 5 en 1 un train multi-mixte-hybride-énergie-fonction ? Merci ++
( voir aussi un train volant dans les airs et l'espace et un train hydrogène et gaz méthane ).
These look like reconditioned Victorian Hitachi trains, is that correct?
They're not. The bodyshellls are based on the VR Comeng cars but with V12 diesel engines and electric traction.
Another ideological fix for a non issue
Carbon monoxide in Adelaide Railway Station is not a non-issue. Neither is saving money. Sounds as if you don't like the it on purely ideological grounds.
This is a very practical fix to a very real issue - that being diesel fumes decreasing air quality in Adelaide station and making people sick.
It ALSO helps mitigate the climate effect, but let’s be honest a few diesel railcars weren’t a huge culprit there
@@LucyJrts Well put. I believe as battery tech improves (as it has done), and prices come down (as they have done), a three car set that formerly had six engines and is now down to three, will go down to two engines, then one, and then go full electric. I may be wrong, the next step may be three engines down to zero.😊
@@LucyJrts Yep, zero effect on global emissions, but very important for local emissions. I wish Victoria would hurry up and electrify it's regional lines, or at least find some kind of solution for the disaster that is Southern Cross station. Dozens of Diesel engines running under that roof every day make the place very unpleasant to spend time at. Everyone is desperate to get out as soon as they can.
@@jdillon8360 there’s no way you could electrify all the way out to Warnambool and Shepparton, or Bairnsdale. You could definitely electrify as far as Geelong and Bacchus Marsh, and some of the other early termination points, and then you could either introduce an electric version of the VLocity or just run standard suburban trains on those services (not that X’Trampolines would be comfortable on regional routes!)
I caught it it's a waste of money and a load of shit the jumbos are still better and always will be they should never have scraped them for electric
Rubbish. Electric trains trump smelly old diesels any day of the week. Only a South Australian would suggest otherwise 🫵😂
@@eddielong8663 XD
You sound as old as I am. Watch out, there are kids playing on your front lawn. :D
The Jumbos were cool but the A-City class rocks their sh!t any day of the week. Much faster, much more comfortable, and higher capacity. Definitely worth it. Plus they’re a hell of a lot cleaner than diesels meaning Adelaide station is a MUCH nicer place to be these days.
We should’ve electrified the whole network back in the 70s, and then just bought modified Comengs in the 80s. Ridiculous that Victoria literally beat us by a hundred years!
Of course… nothing beats the Redhens! 😂