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Status of Hydrail Initiatives

in Canada

Peter Eggleton Mech Eng

TELLIGENCE Group Consultants in Transportation Technology

Saint-Lambert (Montreal), Canada

12th International Hydrail Conference

Graz, Austria

June 27-28, 2017

Status of Hydrail Initiatives in Canada 2

Content of Presentation • Canadian Rail Sector Map and Particulars

• Sites Targeted for Hydrail Application

• Hydrail Studies Announced in June 2017

• Chronology of Hydrail Events in Canada:

– Hydrail 2013 Toronto – Impetus for Current Action

– Hydrail Development Contract: - 2015 • Alstom Transport (Germany) Contract to Hydrogenics Corp for

Fuel Cell Power Modules for Coradia iLINTs

– Hydrail Application Studies: • Toronto UP Express Airport Shuttle - 2013

• TractivePower Industrial Switcher Locomotive - 2014

• Ottawa OC Transpo O-Train Commuter Railcar - 2016

• Toronto Metrolinx GO-Train Commuter Locomotive – 2016-17


Environmental Impact of Diesel Prime

Movers on Canadian Railways *

• Canadian Railway Diesel Motive Power Fleet: – Mainline Freight Locomotives - 2,000 }

– Yard, Road Switching Locos - 840 }

– Passenger Locomotives - 230 } Total: 3,070

• Annual Diesel Fuel Consumption (litres): – Freight operations - 1.9 billion }

– Passenger (VIA + Commuter) 100 million } Total: 2 billion

• Annual Diesel Exhaust Emissions (tonnes): – Greenhouse Gases (CO2 equiv) - 6 million

– CACs (NOx, HC, CO, PM, SOx) - 102 thousand

* Source – Railway Association of Canada ‘Locomotive Emissions Monitoring Program - 2013’


Sites Targeted in Canada for

Possible Hydrail Deployment

1. Ottawa, Ontario

OC Transpo Trillium Line Extension to Ottawa Airport:

– Project approved by Ottawa City Council

– Federal Government to provide C$1.28 B

– Currently operating Alstom Coradia DMUs

– RFP issue for additional railcars imminent

Question: Will RFP permit alternative motive power and fuel to be considered?


Ottawa OC Transpo

Trillium Line Extension


Sites Targeted in Canada for

Possible Hydrail Deployment (Cont’d)

2. Toronto, Ontario

Metrolinx GO Train commuter network:

– Tier 4 Diesel Locomotive, 12 bilevel coach trains

– Electrification is approved-in-principle

– 2010 study recommended catenary system

– Phased project funding approved by Ontario Government

– Go-ahead delayed due to various uncertainties

– Question: What to do?


News Item 15 June 2017: Ontario looks at

hydrogen-powered trains for GO Transit

Ministry of Transportation to conduct feasibility study of hydrogen trains, which are silent and emit only steam and water, as part of GO Transit electrification assessment. The provincial government has decided to pursue potentially groundbreaking clean train technology as part of its plans to electrify the GO Transit network.

By Ben Spurr, Transportation Reporter, Toronto Star, Thursday, June 15, 2017. Photo by Steve Russel, Toronto Star file.

STEVE RUSSELL / TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO


Transport Canada Awards Contract

T8080-170022 to Define Prerequisites

for Hydrail Deployment in Canada

• Awarded June 6, 2017, to Peter Eggleton ENR

(Telligence Group) who, with two associates, will assist Transport Canada to prepare for Hydrail deployment on rail lines in Canada.

• Organizations / jurisdictions will be surveyed on how their mandates have to be satisfied to clear Hydrail for operation on commuter and freight railways, e.g.:

– Railway Safety Agencies

– Railway Operators

– Railway Unions

– Rail-based Transportation and Transit Associations


Transport Canada Contract (Cont’d)

– First Responders (Fire, Police, Emergency Crews)

– Hydrogen Gas Providers

– Safety Agencies Concerned with Hydrogen Cycle

– Electrical Utilities

– Agencies Regulating Electromagnetic Interference

– Railway Rolling Stock Suppliers

– Fuel cell / Battery / Ultracapacitor Suppliers

– Transportation planning agencies

– Engineering Consultants


Transport Canada Contract (Cont’d)

– Insurance Companies

– Government Policy and Funding Agencies

– Governmental Innovation Support Bodies

– Academic Research Support Institutes

– Capital investor groups

– City and Municipal Representatives

– Public Outreach and Environmental

Advocacy Groups

Hydrail EcoSystem


Some Background

to Current Hydrail Activities

• 1) Hydrail 2013 in Toronto was venue for Hydrogenics Corporation to identify new rail opportunities for HFC.

• 2) Telligence Group was retained to undertake HFC application study for the Toronto UP Airport Express Shuttle railcars to be deployed for 2015 Pan-American Games.

• 3) OEM supplying UP Express railcars was reluctant due to schedule pressure, so other OEMs canvassed by Telligence Grp

• 4) Alstom Transport (Paris) responded, with visit to Hydrogenics in 2014, coordinated by its Ontario rep, L. Goudge (who had attended Hydrail 2013 in Toronto) complementing DLR tech evaluation of competing FCs

• 5) Press Release May 26, 2015, on the Hydrogenics- Alstom Transport Agreement to Commercialize HFC.


Alstom Hydrail Coradia iLINT exhibited

at InnoTrans Berlin September 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXuEs3-OQoE


Examples of Hydrail Application Studies

• Toronto UP Express Airport Shuttle – 2013

• TractivePower Industrial Switcher Locomotive

– 2014

• Ottawa OC Transpo O-Train Commuter Railcar

– 2016

• Toronto Metrolinx GO-Train Commuter

Locomotive – 2016-17


HFC Powering Study of DMU for Toronto

Union Station – Pearson Airport Shuttle

•


Prime Mover Location on TractivePower

TP56 Industrial Switcher Locomotive

•


HFC Study of Retrofitting DMU

Railcars on Ottawa O-Train

•


HFC Powering Study of Heavy Rail

Commuter Locomotive - Tender

•

Hydrogen Storage Heat Removal Unit

Power Buffer Storage

Drive and Controller Fuel Cell Drive and Controller


HFC Powering Study of Heavy Rail

Married-Pair Commuter Locomotive


Currently Seeking Support for a

Pilot Demonstration of a

Total HFC / Power-to-Gas System


Thank You

Peter Eggleton

Principal Consultant

TELLIGENCE Group

Saint-Lambert (Montreal),

Quebec, J4S 1H4, Canada

Tel: 1+450-672-5026

Email: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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