CURRENT STATUS OF ALTERNATIVE AUTOMOTIVE POWER SYSTEMS AND FUELS. VOLUME II. ALTERNATIVE AUTOMOTIVE ENGINES

Detailed technical information is presented on possible alternatives to conventional internal combustion engines for automobiles, including: (1) gas turbine engines; (2) Rankine cycle engines; (3) Stirling engines; (4) Diesel engines; (5) Wankel and other rotary piston engines; and (6) stratified charge engines. The various power plants are described, performance characteristics are given, and the current status of technology and the projected status are discussed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Aerospace Corporation

  2350 East El Sequdo Boulevard
  El Sequndo, CA  United States  90245
• Authors:
  • Lapedes, D E
  • HINTON, M G
  • MELTZER, J
• Publication Date: 1974-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 463 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Diesel engines; Energy; Forecasting; Fuel consumption; Gas turbines; Heat engines; Internal combustion engines; Performance; Power; Rankine engines; Reviews; Rotary engines; Stirling engines; Stratified charge engines; Turbine engines; Wankel engines
• Old TRIS Terms: Rankine cycle; Substitutes
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00094659
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: EPA-460/3-74-0136
• Contract Numbers: 68-01-0417
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 14 1977 12:00AM