Railways to fit all new diesel locomotives with fuel saving device by railgenie on 06 September, 2013 - 04:00 PM | ||
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railgenie | Railways to fit all new diesel locomotives with fuel saving device on 06 September, 2013 - 04:00 PM | |
The Indian Railways have decided to install a new fuel saving device, an auxiliary power unit (APU), in diesel locomotives which will result in savings of more than Rs 20 lakh per locomotive per year. To begin with, the Railways installed the device on 12 existing diesel locomotives through retrofitment. The Railways have now decided to fit the APU in all its newly-built diesel locomotives and are hoping to save more than Rs 60 crore annually. He said the use of APU would also result in lower carbon dioxide emission and other pollutants like HC, NOx, CO and so on. |