Cooperative test programs were conducted during 1984 and 1985 by the Coordinating Research Council (CRC) to investigate the driveability of hydrocarbon-only and hydrocarbon-alcohol blends. The 1984 program was the first CRC intermediate temperature program on fuels containing alcohols. The 1985 program evaluated the performance of hydrocarbon and hydrocarbon-alcohol blends at higher temperatures. Both programs contained three vehicle subsets that were classified by fuel delivery system-carbureted, port fuel-injected, and throttle body fuel-injected vehicles. Both fuel-injected vehicle sets gave significantly lower demerits compared to carbureted vehicle sets. Fuel volatility and alcohol type/content were found to be significant variables for many of the fuel combinations evaluated.


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    Title :

    Coordinating Research Council High and Intermediate Temperature Driveability Programs


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    1988 SAE International Fall Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exhibition ; 1988



    Publication date :

    1988-10-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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