ALTERNATE FUEL CAPABILITY OF RANKINE CYCLE ENGINES
Continuous combustion methods are developed which exhibit excellent emissions characteristics on a wide variety of liquid fuels as well as possibly using powdered fuel slurries. Furthermore, it is possible to demonstrate that a single combustor design can be adapted to a broad range of viscosities, grades and heating values in a single unit. This means that a single vehicle could be adapted to use a wide variety of fuels and fuel mixtures thus reducing dependence on petroleum resources. Type of combustor developed for use on a modern steam automobile which has already surpassed the ultimate federal emissions standards and demonstrated low emissions characteristics on a broad range of petroleum based and non- petroleum fuels and future possibilities are discussed including the range of candidate fuel types, combustor refinements, and the impact on future fuel shortages.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Proceedings of the 11th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, September 12-17, 1976.
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Corporate Authors:
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
400 Commonwealth Drive
Warrendale, PA United States 15096 -
Authors:
- Burtz, R D
- Duffy, T E
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1976
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 1192-97
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Combustion; Energy; Engines; Exhaust gases; Fuels; Liquid fuels; Petroleum; Pollutants; Rankine engines; Slurry; Supply; Viscosity
- Old TRIS Terms: Emission rates; Fuel shortage; Rankine cycle; Slurries; Substitutes
- Subject Areas: Energy; Geotechnology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00153192
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 769211
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 19 1977 12:00AM