The Task I accomplishments of the jointly funded Ford/DOE Automotive Stirling Engine Development Program are detailed. This task was directed at achieving 20.6 MPG (gasoline) fuel economy for a 4500 lb inertia weight Stirling engine-powered passenger car. The results of engine testing and design, power control, fuel economy projections, and component design and development are discussed. (ERA citation 05:032516)
Automotive Stirling Engine Development Program
1980
439 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Road Transportation , Reciprocation & Rotating Combustion Engines , Engine Studies, Energy Related , Automobiles , Stirling engines , Burners , Compressors , Control systems , Cooling systems , Design , Fuel economy , Fuel-air ratio , Heaters , Performance testing , Research programs , Us doe , ERDA/330201
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