DEMONSTRATION OF A FLEXIBLE FUEL CAR. MOBILITY: THE TECHNICAL CHALLENGE; PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, NOVEMBER 8-14, 1987. VOLUMES 1 TO 3

The Victorian solar energy council contracted the CSIRO division of energy technology to retrofit a current Ford falcon sedan as a flexible fuel car to operate on different mixtures of ethanol and unleaded petrol. An alcohol sensor, produced by tno, the Netherlands, and an electronic engine management system, produced by orbital engine company, were incorporated in the flexible fuel car. The paper discusses the modifications to the car, the engine mapping procedure and the performance of the flexible fuel car operated on 0, 20, 40, and 60 per cent ethanol mixtures. SAE paper no 871164. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers

  191 Royal Parade
  Parkville, Victoria 3052,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Bandopadhayay, P C
  • Johnston, RRM
  • Mendelsohn, R
  • Southern, M P
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 164.1-6
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Society of Automotive Engineers (Australasia)
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Ethanol; Fuel mixtures; Fuels; Unleaded gasoline
• ITRD Terms: 5405: Acceleration; 7347: Alcohol; 1243: Car; 8525: Conference; 5910: Durability; 6965: Electronics; 2442: Emission; 7346: Ethanol; 3850: Fuel; 232: Fuel consumption; 7138: Lead (metal); 9047: Mixture; 9048: Modification; 1334: Motor; 6120: Sensor; 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00470398
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1988 12:00AM