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FEATURE: FUTURE OF FUELS FOR U.S. FREIGHT TRANSPORT

lon for the KiOR diesel; that is 93% of
diesel Btu. Therefore, truckers and railroads will unlikely be willing to pay as
much for KiOR diesel as the price of
petroleum diesel. Given that their plant

autos, trucks and one railroad locomotive. Thus far, fuel cells have been unable to produce adequate power for
these vehicles and costs have been high.
The conclusion from these tests is that

The major benefit of the diesel-electric system is that it
eliminates the need for mechanical transmissions.

is in operation, KiOR will continue producing synthetic diesel as long as the
price they receive exceeds their actual
variable cost of production.
HYDROGEN
Fuel cells are self-contained devices
that convert hydrogen into electricity.
The electricity powers an electric motor
to move vehicles. Some experimental
fuel cells have been installed in small

commercial use of fuel cells for freight
transportation is decades away.
A second hydrogen option is the hydrogen internal combustion engine. The
hydrogen combustion engine is closer to
commercial deployment than the fuel cell
and it can be manufactured at prices 15%
more than petroleum engines, according
to the Transportation Technology Center,
Inc. in Pueblo. It can run on pure hydrogen or on a combination of hydrogen and

CNG. Hydrogen must be extracted from
other substances such as coal and biomass. It is costly to extract, store and has
a low energy density.
ELECTRICITY
Almost all U.S. railroad freight locomotives use a diesel-electric system.
The output from the diesel engine generates electricity. This electricity drives
the electric motor on each of the drive
axles (usually six) on heavy duty locomotives, to provide the high torque required to move the train.
The major beneﬁt of the diesel-electric system is that it eliminates the need
for mechanical transmissions. A major
issue with this alternative fuel source
is whether the electricity should be
generated onboard the locomotive by a
diesel engine, or generated elsewhere
and transmitted to the moving locomotives. Electricity generated elsewhere is

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