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Digital Displacement Project On Track To Reduce Rail Emissions

The title of this post is the same as that of this article on Rail Technology Magazine.

This is the introduction paragraph.

With challenging targets to radically reduce railway CO2 emissions, Artemis Intelligent Power is looking at the potential of Digital Displacement® hydraulics as a novel route to lower emissions for freight locomotives, shunters and on-track plant.

Artemis Intelligent Power are an Edinburgh-based company, who are owned by Misubishi and claim they are global leaders in digital displacement technology.

The company has a section on their technology on their web site.

Effectively, they have designed a very efficient computer controlled hydraulic pump. When used in an application, there is often a fuel saving of several percent.

 

January 31, 2020 - Posted by | Transport/Travel | , , ,

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