Abstract
Shunting work on sorting wagons is carried out on steeper profiles and requires the operation of shunting diesel locomotives of a higher power. Many sorting operations use double traction of shunting locomotives in conditions of the highly outdated fleet of shunting diesel locomotives. However, the technology of operating two shunting locomotives requires substantiation of its scope of application. In this article, using the example of station “X”, the technology of disbanding trains from the sorting hump is investigated in two ways: the first is the existing technology (work on disbanding trains is carried out using two shunting locomotives of the TEM-2 series), shunting locomotive of TEM-7 series. It has been determined that in the existing technology, the required processing capacity of the hill approaches its maximum value. When using the TEM-7 diesel locomotive, the maximum processing capacity of the hill increases by 27%. The sphere of efficiency of the TEM-7 series locomotive instead of two TEM-2 was substantiated by the method of technical and economic calculations.
Highlights
The main function of sorting stations is to sort the wagons according to the directions of travel
The results of calculations to substantiate the scope of application of shunting diesel locomotives at the sorting stations showed that today the required processing capacity of hill at station "X" is 1704 wagons and the maximum processing capacity of hill is 1738 wagons
When using the TEM-7 diesel locomotive. the maximum processing capacity of the hill increases by 27% and will amount to 2217 wagons
Summary
The main function of sorting stations is to sort the wagons according to the directions of travel. The faster the wagons are sorted, the faster the station's performance and the railway as a whole will improve. There are several studies to accelerate the process of processing wagons at sorting stations using railway automation devices [1-4, etc.]. Most of the research aims to improve the performance of a shunting locomotive at sorting stations [5-9, etc.]. In these studies, the scope of applying this or that shunting locomotive is not sufficiently substantiated based on technical and economic indicators. It is necessary to substantiate the scope of applying shunting diesel locomotives on the sorting hump, taking into account capital investments
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