DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE EFFICIENCY EVALUATION USING ONBOARD SYSTEM DATA
The article describes the method of determining the efficiency of diesel locomotives, based on the analysis of the data obtained from the locomotive onboard systems together with the results of mathematical modeling of thermodynamic processes in the locomotive power plant. It analyses specific features of operation of shunting diesel locomotives TEM18DM and justifies the choice of the mode suitable for monitoring the efficiency of a diesel locomotive. The article presents the results of the calculation of efficiency of diesel locomotives on the basis of the data from the hardware-software system “Bort” and control of the contents of exhaust gases at the environmental monitoring station.