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Under Make in India initiative, Indian Railways has created a history by converting a diesel loco into electric loco with indigenous technology. The production unit of Indian Railways in Varanasi, Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) claimed that first time in the world any loco has been converted from diesel traction to electric traction. Talking about the development, chief public relation officer of DLW Nitin Mehrotra said, “Within a short span of time, great challenge has been accomplished. The work on this project was started on December 22, 2017, and the locomotive was successfully released on February 28, 2018.”
Mehrotra added that the unit will further work on testing of unit’s safety and further improvement. The engine was developed with the cooperation of engineers from Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO), Chiitaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), DLW and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) under the leadership of DLW general manager Rashmi Goel and guidance of Railway Board member (traction) Ghanshyam Singh. The two diesel locomotives of WDG3A are converted to one permanently coupled 12-axle, the electric locomotive of 10,000 horsepower. The DLW has turned out the WAGC3 class of locomotive (Number 001). This 5,000 hp unit is one half of a 10,000 hp locomotive. The unit had decided that only those locomotives will be considered for conversion which is due for mid-life rehabilitation after retaining their chassis, bogies and traction motors.
The work needed system engineering as there were no precedent designs and experience available anywhere in the world. RDSO prepared equipment layout and DLW prepared the drawings for modification of the WDG3A chassis. The modifications were vetted by RDSO after detailed finite element analysis on standard load scenarios.
https://www.newsx.com/business/unpr...ways-converts-diesel-locomotive-into-electric
Mehrotra added that the unit will further work on testing of unit’s safety and further improvement. The engine was developed with the cooperation of engineers from Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO), Chiitaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), DLW and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) under the leadership of DLW general manager Rashmi Goel and guidance of Railway Board member (traction) Ghanshyam Singh. The two diesel locomotives of WDG3A are converted to one permanently coupled 12-axle, the electric locomotive of 10,000 horsepower. The DLW has turned out the WAGC3 class of locomotive (Number 001). This 5,000 hp unit is one half of a 10,000 hp locomotive. The unit had decided that only those locomotives will be considered for conversion which is due for mid-life rehabilitation after retaining their chassis, bogies and traction motors.
The work needed system engineering as there were no precedent designs and experience available anywhere in the world. RDSO prepared equipment layout and DLW prepared the drawings for modification of the WDG3A chassis. The modifications were vetted by RDSO after detailed finite element analysis on standard load scenarios.
https://www.newsx.com/business/unpr...ways-converts-diesel-locomotive-into-electric
