Hotel Load in Indian Railways: Energy Conservation in EOG Scheme

Fast life and increase in per capita income in India poses ever-growing demand for foremost and convenient train services. Increased numbers of coaches in complete air-conditioned coach trains having End-On- Generation rakes (EOG) need higher capacity Diesel Generator (DG) sets to meet hotel load. In order to improve system efficiency system losses need to be reduced. This paper discusses the comparative study and present status of power supply arrangement for hotel load in Indian railway. Subsequent to that role of power factor in EOG rakes has been discussed. EOG arrangement is becoming dominant as power supply system for hotel load and power factor is a major factor which affects efficiency, performance and energy conservation of the system. Keyword : Hotel load, self generating unit, end on generation, power factor, energy conservation.

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