Because fuel accounts for high percentage of railroad operating costs, interest is developing in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG); use of LPG is discussed in terms of cost, availability, and methods of adaptation to present locomotive engines; suitability of LPG for diesel engines is shown; spark ignition LPG engines, and dual-fuel LP G engines; tabulation of average prices for diesel fuel and LPG.
Liquefied petroleum gas -- Possible alternate fuel for railroad locomotives
SAE -- Paper
SAE Meeting (Texas Gulf Coast Section) ; 1962
1962
6 pages
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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