This study assessed the potential of alternate automotive engines to meet the fuel economy goals and emission levels of the 1980-1990 period. As part of NHTSA's continuing research in support of the Department of Transportation fuel economy activities, this study reviewed those developments offering viable substitutes for the current spark ignition engine systems. Categories assessed included stratified charge, diesels, turbo charging, rotary/Wankel engines, and the developmental gas turbine and Stirling cycle engines. Results of past and on-going research through 1978 were reviewed along with the development and production status of various alternate engine technologies proposed for automobiles and light trucks through the 1980s. Assessment was then made of the potential fuel economy improvement as a percentage of 1978 baseline data.
Review of Alternate Automotive Engine Fuel Economy
1980
72 pages
Report
No indication
English
Reciprocation & Rotating Combustion Engines , Engine Studies, Energy Related , Road Transportation , Air Pollution & Control , Automobile engines , Fuel consumption , Exhaust emissions , Diesel engines , Stirling cycle engines , Stratified charge engines , Gas turbine engines , Superchargers , Technology assessment , Rotary engines
Review of alternate automotive engine fuel economy
Tema Archive | 1980
|Gasoline-equivalent fuel economy determination for alternate automotive fuels
Tema Archive | 1982
|Gasoline-Equivalent Fuel Economy Determination for Alternate Automotive Fuels
SAE Technical Papers | 1982
|Gasoline-Equivalent Fuel Economy Determination for Alternate Automotive Fuels
Automotive engineering | 1982
|