ALTERNATIVE POWER PLANTS

A REVIEW IS MADE OF AVAILABLE DATA ON FUEL ECONOMIES OF THE CURRENT INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE-POWERED AUTOMOBILES AND OF THOSE WITH ALTERNATIVE POWERPLANTS. COMPARISONS OF FUEL ECONOMIES OF ALL THESE ENGINE SYSTEMS ARE MADE ON THE BASIS OF THE VEHICLE WEIGHT/ENGINE DISPLACEMENT, AND THE VEHICLE WEIGHT ALONE. THE THERMAL EFFICIENCIES ARE ALSO COMPARED. IT IS SHOWN THAT SEVERAL VERSIONS OF THE DIESEL ENGINE WHICH MEET THE 1975 CLEAN AIR ACT STANDARDS AND WHICH ARE ON THE ROAD TODAY ARE MORE EFFICIENT THAN THE CONVENTIONAL INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF 1973. MOREOVER, PROTOTYPES OF OTHER ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS, USING OTHER CYCLES (BRYTON, RANKINE, STIRLING) UNDER DEVELOPMENT ARE ALSO PROJECTED TO PROVIDE HIGHER EFFICIENCIES THAN THE CONVENTIONAL INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF 1973. ALL COMPARISONS ARE MADE USING THE FEDERAL DRIVING CYCLE AS A COMMON REFERENCE. /AUTHOR/

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00423114
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No SP-383
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Brogan, J J
• Publication Date: 1973-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 31-6
• Serial:
  • Vehicle System Dynamics
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0042-3114
  • EISSN: 1744-5159
  • Serial URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/nvsd20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Diesel engines; Electric power plants; Fuel consumption; Internal combustion engines; Rankine engines; Thermal efficiency
• Old TRIS Terms: Rankine cycle
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224512
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Spec Pub
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 1974 12:00AM