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© HNRC

Rail project produces hydrogen onboard to clean up diesel locomotives

A UK rail firm is producing hydrogen onboard a train for injection into the vehicle’s engine to not only clean up the locomotive but also improve its efficiency.

Harry Needle Railway Company (HNRC) has been using an Engine Carbon Clean system from Advanced Hydrogen Technologies (AHT) in a £500,000 ($633,600) project to produce hydrogen onboard trains.

The system is equipped to a train’s engine and uses auxiliary power to split water into hydrogen, which is then injected back into the engine.

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