A study was undertaken to evaluate the cold starting performance of six methanol-based fuels in vehicles with spark ignition engines. The fuels were evaluated in three methanol-fuelled vehicles (two 1983 Ford Escorts and one 1981 VW Golf). Gasoline- and diesel-fuelled vehicles were also evaluated for comparison with the methanol-fuelled vehicles. Starts down to -28 Cel were obtained on the methanol-fuelled vehicles; however, the cranking times were unacceptably long. Starts at -32 Cel and -28 Cel were obtained on the gasoline- and diesel-fuelled vehicles respectively.
Cold starting of methanol fuelled vehicles
Kaltstart bei methanolbetriebenen Fahrzeugen
1984
11 Seiten, 9 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 4 Quellen
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Cold Starting Tests on a Methanol Fuelled Spark Ignition Engine
SAE Technical Papers | 1983
|Cold Starting Tests on a Methanol Fuelled Spark Ignition Engine
Kraftfahrwesen | 1983
|Improving the cold starting and running of spark ignition engines fuelled with neat methanol
Kraftfahrwesen | 1991
|Performance and emissions of neat methanol-fuelled vehicles
Kraftfahrwesen | 1986
|Performance and emissions of heat methanol-fuelled vehicles
Tema Archiv | 1986
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