The waste energy produced by under-floor traction equipment in MU stock can partially be used for comfort functions by means of heat exchangers. This is already in use in modern DMU stock but not yet implemented in EMUs.
Technology field:Optimisation of comfort functions
General information
General criteria
Environmental criteria
Economic criteria
Vehicle - fix costs: (no data)
(no details available)
Vehicle - running costs: significant reduction
(no details available)
Infrastructure - fix costs: none
(no details available)
Infrastructure - running costs: unchanged
(no details available)
Scale effects: medium
Especially in EMUs, where the use of waste heat is not yet realized, there
would be clear scale effects in the initial introduction
phase.
Amortisation: (no data)
(no details available)
Application outside railway sector (this technology is railway specific)