| Water-Train: The Most Energy-Efficient Inland Water Transportation Contributor(s): George, Kurian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1681738473 ISBN-13: 9781681738475 Publisher: Morgan & Claypool OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Marine & Naval - Technology & Engineering | Civil - Transportation - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - Water Supply |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (0.78 lbs) 75 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a government-aided research project carried out at Cochin University, the inventor of the Water-Train demonstrated that his invention requires only 24 BTU/ton-km of energy whereas barges use 328 BTU in the same Inland water transportation situation. The use of this Water-Train can invariably curtail, to a large extent, the emission of greenhouse gases thereby decreasing the effect on global warming. Conventional water vehicles use screw propellers which have high reacting energy loss in propulsion whereas the Water-Train relies on the earth for reaction which is an infinite mass causing no reacting energy loss at all. The propelled water takes away a large quantity of kinetic energy (1/2 |