FuelCell – Gas cell Mireo Plus H to be trialled in Baden-Württemberg | Information
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn and Siemens Mobility are to trial a gasoline cell powered regional trainset in income service between Tübingen, Horb and Pforzheim in 2024, together with a inexperienced hydrogen fuelling plant.
The H2goesRail analysis mission goals to develop and take a look at ‘a complete system’ together with each prepare and infrastructure.
The scheme is to be funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport & Digital Infrastructure via the Nationwide Innovation Programme for Hydrogen & Gas Cell Expertise. Extra help is coming from the Land of Baden-Württemberg, which is able to host the trials.
Siemens Mobility is to provide a two-car Mireo Plus H trainset derived from its Mireo Plus regional multiple-unit household, geared up with a newly developed hydrogen gasoline cell drive and a lithium-ion battery.
The 1·7 MW traction energy score is predicted to supply a comparable efficiency to the electrical model, with an acceleration fee of 1·1 m/s² and a most velocity of 160 km/h. Enough hydrogen will likely be saved onboard to present an working vary of as much as 600 km, with the promoters envisaging {that a} three-car variant might have a variety of 1 000 km.
DB will likely be answerable for improvement of the fuelling station, which is meant to permit the prepare to be refuelled in round 15 min, the identical time as a diesel unit, minimising any impression on car availability. DB Energie will produce inexperienced hydrogen utilizing a cellular set up on the DB Regio depot in Tübingen. The hydrogen will likely be produced by electrolysis utilizing traction electrical energy generated from renewable sources, compressed, cooled and saved in a cellular tank trailer. The cellular set up is being designed to facilitate future testing at different areas.
The promoters recommend that the topography and timetable on the Tübingen – Horb – Pforzheim route are ‘particularly suitable’ for the trials. Changing an present DMU, the Mireo Plus H is predicted to function 120 000 train-km in scheduled service over the course of the yr, saving an estimated 330 tonnes of CO2.
The unit will likely be maintained and serviced in close by Ulm, the place a part of the DB Regio workshop will likely be modified and the present DB workers supported by Siemens Mobility.
‘Deutsche Bahn is not just a mobility company, but a technology group as well’, stated administration board member for Digitalization & Expertise Prof Sabina Jeschke. ‘We need to bring our fossil fuel consumption down to zero. Only then can DB be climate-neutral by 2050. By that point, we won’t have a single diesel-powered prepare working in our fleet.’
At current DB runs 1 300 diesel trains on its regional providers, as round 40% of the 33 000 km community shouldn’t be electrified.
‘Hydrogen drives are an advanced, emission-free form of propulsion that will help decarbonise rail transport and make a significant contribution toward achieving our climate targets’, added Siemens Mobility CEO Michael Peter. ‘This innovative technology will make hydrogen-powered train operations faster, more efficient and more environmentally friendly.’
Baden-Württemberg Transport Minister Winfried Hermann stated it was ‘great that the first train employing this new and sustainable technology will be tested here in Baden-Württemberg. Whether powered by overhead line electricity or hydrogen, the decisive factor is that the energy comes from renewable sources.’
