Mechanisms for coordinated ecologization of operational diesel locomotives
V.V. Tsyganov, A.K. Enaleev, S.A. Savushkin
Section: Ecologization of industry
Environmentally friendly development of railway transport is mainly due to the greening of diesel locomotives. Requirements for their environmental friendliness are traditionally reflected in national and regional standards for permissible emissions of the main harmful substances – nitrogen and carbon oxides, hydrocarbons and solid particles. However, in practice, these standards remain unchanged for decades. During this time, new, more environmentally friendly technologies appear. However, outdated standards sometimes do not stimulate their implementation. For example, to date, neither in Russia nor in the world have mechanisms been developed that would stimulate the use of such technologies to improve the environmental friendliness of already operated locomotives that have long met the specified unchangeable standards. The paper proposes a mechanism for the greening of such locomotives. It includes a procedure for forming standards for classifying the emission indicators of the harmful substances by locomotives into one of four classes. The specified standards depend on the mileage and duration of locomotive operation, as well as on the stage of locomotive construction at which it was created. When forming these standards, both domestic standards and national and regional standards of countries with advanced locomotive construction are used. Then, by combining the specified classes, the environmental class of the locomotive is determined. Depending on the latter, interested parties are stimulated – researchers and developers of innovations, production personnel, ecologists and managers. Thus, the interests of these parties are consistent with the interests of greening railway transport and environmental protection. Examples of determining the environmental classes of domestic and foreign locomotives created at different stages of the development of locomotive construction, depending on the duration of their operation are considered. The obtained results are implemented in the development of the concept of requirements for locomotives of JSC “Russian Railways” in the field of environmental protection.
ISSN 1995-4301
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