Inkampani yezokuthutha yaseFrance i-Alstom yethule i- isitimela se-hydrogen sokuqala emhlabeni ngoLwesibili olwedlule eBerlin, eJalimane. I-'Coradia iLint 'izoshaya ujantshi engxenyeni esenyakatho yeJalimane kumzila waseBuxtehude-Bremervörde-Bremerhaven-Cuxhaven ngoDisemba ngonyaka ozayo.
Isitimela esingena-CO2 sinikela ngenye indlela ezitimeleni ezisebenzisa udizili kolayini abasebenza ngogesi. Lokhu kunikwa amandla yiseli lamandla kagesi we-hydrogen okukhipha kuphela okukhishwa emanzini afingqiwe nentuthu. Ngethangi eligcwele, iCoradia iLint izokwazi ukuhamba phakathi kwamakhilomitha angama-600 kuya kwangu-800 ngejubane lika-140 km / h elinamandla okugibela abagibeli abangama-300, kufaka phakathi abangu-150 abahleli phansi.
UHenri Popuart-Lafarge, oyi-CEO ye-Innotrans uthe:
I-Alstom iyaziqhenya ngokwethula okusha okuhle emkhakheni wezokuthutha mahhala ukukhishwa kwe-CO2 okuzogcwalisa uhla lwakho lwezitimela zesifunda zaseCoradia. Kukhombisa amandla ethu okusebenzisana eduze namakhasimende ethu futhi sithuthukise isitimela eminyakeni emibili nje kuphela.
Ugesi wokudonsa kanye nemishini ebhodini eyenziwe yiseli likaphethiloli ye-hydrogen, egcinwe kubhethri ye-lithium-ion futhi yatholwa lapho ibhuleka. I-Hydrogen igcinwa njengegesi emathangini phezulu kwesitimela futhi amandla akheke ngokuphendula kwamakhemikhali lapho i-hydrogen ixubana ne-oxygen emoyeni. Ngaphandle kokukhishwa okungu-zero, isitimela sibuye sinikeze nokuthula okukhulu kojantshi.
Ngesikhathi sokusheshisa, amandla avela kuseli likaphethiloli yiwona amandla amakhulu ahlinzekwayo. Phakathi nezigaba zokusheshisa ezibushelelezi, ibhethri lizovuselelwa ngokwengxenye ngesiguquli esisizayo esisebhodini. Ngesikhathi sokubopha amabhuleki, i- amaseli kaphethiloli ayasebenza ngokuphelele futhi amandla akhiqizwa ngamandla e-kinetic emoto.
Lesi sitimela sizokwenziwa esikhungweni esikhulu kunazo zonke sase-Alstom eSalzgitter, eJalimane. Ukwenza lula ukusetshenziswa kwalolu hlobo lwezitimela ze-hydrogen, i-Alstom izonikeza hhayi izitimela kuphela, kodwa futhi ingqalasizinda kanye nokunakekelwa zezimoto.