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ACKNOWLEGEMENT ii
CANDIDATE DECLARTION &CERTIFICATE iii
ABSTRACT iv
LIST OF TABLES & FIGURES v
CONTENTS HISTORY AND INTRODUCTION vi

CHAPTER 1. DIESEL SHED, BHAGAT KI KOTHI

INTRODUCTION
Diesel shed ,BGKT was established in the year 1972 at an estimate cost of Rs. 52 lacs top
home 40 YDM41.1 locomotives.
Heat transferFor 40 Glorious years the shed ran service on jodhpur
1 and
1.2 of
Bikaner division Heat transfer
earlier fluids railway and Bikaner division of earlier
northern 1 northern
railway and1.3since Nanofluids
oct. 02 over north western railway and also position of 2 the other
railway. After complete conversion of the shed from meter gauge to broad gauge in
CHAPTER 2. , LITERATURE
December 1997 bhagat ki kothi REVIEW 6 is serving
is holding a fleet of 100 locomotive , which
over the north western railway, northern, western and central railway.
CHAPTER 3. EXPLANATION
Salient features of diesel shed jodhpur (BGKT)
3.1 History of nanofluids 11
Total assets (Including cost of locos): 1500 crores (approx)
3.2 Material used in nanofluids 13
Total3.3area Types
uncovered: 8000 sq mts (approx)
of nanofluids 18
Total3.4area Preparation of nanofluids
covered: 17000 sq mts (approx) 21
3.5 Physics of nanofluids 24
3.6 Theories on nanofluids 25
INTRODUCTION3.7 Need of nanofluids 29
Diesel locomotive
3.8 shed is ofannanofluids
Properties industrial-technical setup, where repair and maintenance
30
works of diesel
3.9 locomotives is carried
Thermal conductivity out, so as to keep the loco working33properly. It
of nanofluids
contributes to
3.10increase the operational
Measurement life of
of thermal diesel locomotives
conductivity and tries to minimize
in nanofluids 38 the
line failures. The technical manpower of a shed also increases the efficiency41of the loco
and remedies3.11the failures of loco.
Mechanisms of heat transfer improvement 44
3.12 Case
The shed consists of thestudy
infrastructure to berth, dismantle, repair and test the 49 loco and
subsystems.3.13The Problems and drawbacks
shed working is heavily based on the manual methods of doing the
maintenance job and very less automation processes are used in sheds, especially in
India. 50
CONCLUSION
The diesel shed usually has:-
Berths and platforms for loco maintenance 51
REFERENCES
Pits for under frame maintenance
Heavy lift cranes and lifting jacks
Fuel storage and lube oil storage, water treatment plant and testing labs etc.
Sub-assembly overhauling and repairing sections
 Machine shop and welding facilities
Chemical and Metallugical Laboratory

FUNDAMENTALS OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE

A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive for a train. A diesel engine is
an internal combustion, oil-burning engine using compression ignition. Such an engine
gets its power from the burning of a charge of fuel confined space called a cylinder,
ignition occurs when the fuel is ignition solely by the heat of compression, caused by
injecting the fuel into the highly compressed air in the cylinder.
Moving up and down inside the cylinders, pistons are connected by connecting rods to
the crankshaft. The crankshaft transmits mechanical action from the pistons to drive the
generator. The generator changes the mechanical action into electricity and transmits it
through cables to the traction motors, which change it through a gear arrangement back
into mechanical force to turn the wheels.