EVALUATION OF HEAT EVALUATION OF HEAT ENGINE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE APPLICATION

The status of ongoing heat-engine developments, including spark-ignition, compression-ignition, internal-combustion, and external-combustion engines is presented. The potential of engine concepts under consideration for hybrid vehicle use is evaluated, using self-imposed criteria for selection. The deficiencies of the engines currently being evaluated in hybrid vehicles are discussed. Focus is on recent research with two-stroke, rotary, and free-piston engines. It is concluded that these engine concepts have the most promising potential for future application in hybrid vehicles. Recommendations are maade for analysis and experimentation to evaluate stop-start and transient emission behavior of recommended engine concepts.

• Corporate Authors:

  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive
  Pasadena, CA  United States  91103
• Authors:
  • Schneider, H W
• Publication Date: 1984-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 72 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compression ignition engines; External combustion engines; Hybrid vehicles; Internal combustion engines; Rotary engines; Spark ignition engines; Two stroke cycle engines
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450079
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Energy Research Abstracts
• Report/Paper Numbers: NASA-CR-174163, JPL-PUB-84-14
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 8:56PM