![]() The rust spot on the right appears to be the result of a steel drain hole through the slab. Port Nolloth jetty: upper surface of deck and upstand beam exposed in inspection pit. ![]() This chapter gives an overview of the application of thermal energy storage as an energy source for mobile applications and shows options for future application fields. Current developments are aimed at reviving this technology, and in addition to shunting locomotives, heavy-duty applications at airports or in container logistics are also being considered. Several thousands of these locomotives were built until the 1980s, some of which are still in commercial service today, demonstrating the robustness and longevity of this technology. Fireless locomotives were commercialized in the 19th century and used on tramways and for shunting operations in industrial plants. This storage capacity has been extended in fireless locomotives, where stored thermal energy is the sole source of power for propulsion. Read moreĪndreas Schwander, in Encyclopedia of Energy Storage, 2022 AbstractĮarly steam locomotives and steamships already had a certain inherent thermal storage capacity due to the thermal inertia of the water volume in the steam vessels. The top-ignited honey-comb briquette now being produced has the advantages of rapid ignition and combustion, high heating power and efficiency, low cost, as well as complete combustion with less air pollution, so it is well accepted by users. Improvements have been made in coal briquetting techniques and stove designs. Besides, it also results in large losses of coal, inconvenience in utilization and pollution of the environment. Owing to the backwardness in combustion techniques, thermal efficiency is low. ![]() We are going to build some coal briquetting plants to produce briquettes for the use of railway, chemical industry and gasifiers.Ĭoal consumption in the domestic sector in China totals 120 million tons per year. According to our experiments, if coal briquettes are used instead of raw coal in locomotives, 19–26% of coal can be saved, the output of locomotives can be increased by 18%, and the labour intensity of the firemen can be reduced. Steam locomotives still occupy a very important position in railway transportation, and consume 25 million tons of coal per year and the figure is still increasing. Wu Jing, King Wu, in Energy, Resources and Environment, 1982 2 The Development of Coal Briquetting Industry THE COAL INDUSTRY AND THE COMPREHENSIVE UTILIZATION OP COAL IN CHINA
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