ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ENERGY CONSERVATION - PAPER 5 - ROAD VEHICLE AND ENGINE DESIGN: SHORT AND MEDIUM TERM ENERGY CONSIDERATIONS
The report is the result of a study by a working group on road vehicle and engine design. The object was to examine the importance of any increase in efficiency of vehicles, in view of their large oil consumption, as a worthwhile contribution to reducing energy consumption in the UK. The report discusses the subject as follows - part 1 - fuel savings from change in passenger car design, part 2 - possible improvements in the fuel consumption of commercial vehicles including freight, buses and coaches. Part 3 - possibilities for improvements in the fuel consumption of conventional reciprocating engines: improved power units for motor vehicles, part 4 - exhaust pollution regulations - fuel consumption, part 5 - comments and conclusions, part 6 - recommendations. Appendices are included which contain excerpts from a report on fuel consumption of buses by London transport, as well as a table of UK refinery demand patterns up to 1974. /TRRL/
-
Availability:
- Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00367931
-
Supplemental Notes:
- Department of Energy Paper Number 18
-
Corporate Authors:
Her Majesty's Stationery Office
Atlantic Ho, Holborn Viaduct
London EC1P 1BN, England - Publication Date: 1977
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: 28 p.
-
Serial:
- Publication of: Annales suisses d'economie des transport Switzerla
- Publisher: Annales suisses d'economie des transport Switzerla
- ISSN: 0036-7931
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air pollution; Automobiles; Buses; Conservation; Design; Economic efficiency; Energy; Energy conservation; Engines; Exhaust gases; Fuel consumption; Motors; Operating costs; Piston engines; Regulations; Trucks; Vehicle design
- Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
- ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 1243: Car; 1394: Catalytic converter; 9011: Design (overall design); 5911: Efficiency; 2442: Emission; 212: Energy conservation; 232: Fuel consumption; 1236: Lorry; 1334: Motor; 221: Operating costs
- Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Energy; Environment; Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00159855
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Feb 16 1978 12:00AM