The major improvements of fuel economy of the passenger car are likely to come from the engine. The use of a lean burn combustion system and the use of multiple valves are the main two methods for improving the petrol engine fuel economy. After a comparison between petrol and diesel engines it seems that the direct injection diesel engine with a Comprex supercharger is the most attractive from the fuel economy point of view.


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    Title :

    Improving the efficiency of the road vehicle power plant


    Additional title:

    Wirkungsgraderhoehung von Strassenfahrzeugmotoren


    Contributors:
    Downs, D. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1987


    Size :

    15 Seiten, 10 Bilder, 2 Tabellen


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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