Ultra Light Rail Smart Transport Innovations – Project STEAM Ultra

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Title
Ultra Light Rail Smart Transport Innovations – Project STEAM Ultra

CoPED ID
8b42f634-d082-4167-8c35-bda93f5660a0

Status
Closed


Value
£699,980

Start Date
June 30, 2019

End Date
July 30, 2020

Description

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Ultra Light Rail Smart Transport Innovations The aim of this project is to redesign the existing driveline and powertrain within an operational low carbon /zero particulate emissions Parry People Mover Class 139 Light Railcar to become powered through a zero carbon, ultra low noise emission, zero particulate material emissions hybrid powertrain combining methane engine with a flywheel within a conventionally laid out bogie frame. This smart transport, next generation driveline and powertrain will build on the current hybrid technology which draws on a propane engine and flywheel as described below. The project will look to transfer existing methane engine developments within bus transport into a smart transport, light railcar to produce a 'first of a kind' zero carbon, ultra low noise emissions powertrain for the rail industry by measuring safety, efficiency, noise and carbon / particulate emissions and power capacity of this hybrid powertrain within a live environment on track at Severn Valley Railway. The project will aim to demonstrate through live on track testing the benefits to rail crew, track and station-side residents and railcar users from the option of smart transport ultra low noise, zero emission railcars. The project will be managed and overseen by Ultra Light Rail Partners Ltd (ULRPartners), the funding applicants, with Parry People Movers Ltd, designers and manufacturers of the existing light railcars operating at Stourbridge, Black Country, West Midlands, and drawing on the expertise of research engineering expertise working to manage and oversee the testing phases and work packages described in this bid.

Subjects by relevance
  1. Emissions
  2. Motors and engines
  3. Diesel multiple units
  4. Methane
  5. Transportation engineering
  6. Automotive engineering
  7. Fine particles
  8. Tram-trains
  9. Light rail
  10. Bogies
  11. Combustion engines
  12. Decrease (active)
  13. Exhaust gases
  14. Particulate emissions
  15. Power transmission
  16. Vehicles
  17. Engineers
  18. Railways
  19. Energy efficiency
  20. Projects

Extracted key phrases
  1. Ultra Light Rail Smart Transport Innovations
  2. Ultra Light Rail Partners Ltd
  3. Project STEAM Ultra
  4. Ultra low noise emission powertrain
  5. Particulate material emission hybrid powertrain
  6. Particulate emission Parry People Mover Class
  7. Smart transport ultra low noise
  8. Light Railcar
  9. Emission railcar
  10. Operational low carbon
  11. Parry People Movers Ltd
  12. Methane engine development
  13. Project
  14. Current hybrid technology
  15. Bus transport

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