Benefits that can result from combustion of propane by railroad diesel engines in addition to economic benefits resulting from low cost fuel are shown; comparison of wear factors of diesel fuel and propane; study carried out at Southwest Research Inst for Texas and New Orleans Railroad on technical and economic feasibility of using natural gasoline or propane in EMD-567 railroad diesel engines; results obtained and conversion plans for existing engines that allow interchangeable fuel system to accommodate present supply and variable cost factors.
Dual fuel combustion of propane in railroad diesel engine
SAE -- Paper
SAE Meeting ; 1962
1962
11 pages
Conference paper
English
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