This is the tenth annual report on the progress in implementing the Automotive Propulsion Research and Development Act of 1978 (Title III of Public Law 95-238). The Act provides for an expanded research and development (RandD) effort with respect to advanced automotive propulsion systems technology which would complement and stimulate corresponding efforts by the private sector. Implementation of the Act is the responsibility of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Transportation Systems (OTS). The programmatic goals of OTS are to increase end-use efficiency of highway vehicles and other transportation modes and to substitute abundant domestic fuels for petroleum based fuels. The Lewis Research Center (LERC) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NANSA) is the Technical Project Manager for advanced materials and alternative fuels utilization RandD. The RandD projects in progress address the high-risk areas associated with the development of ceramic components for the gas turbine engine, improvement to the Stirling engine, heavy-duty adiabatic diesel engine technology, advanced materials technology, and alternative fuels utilization technology. 4 figs. (ERA citation 14:008056)
Annual Report to Congress on the Automotive Technology Development Program (10th)
1988
38 pages
Report
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Englisch
Road Transportation , Reciprocation & Rotating Combustion Engines , Automotive Industry , Ceramics , Compiled Data , Cost , Diesel Engines , Fuel Consumption , Fuel Substitution , Gas Turbine Engines , Materials Testing , Progress Report , Research Programs , Rotary Engines , Technology Assessment , Automobile Engines , ERDA/330000 , ERDA/293000 , ERDA/290500