DIRECTIONS IN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The advent of high fuel costs and automotive fuel economy and emission regulations has cast doubt on the economic superiority and even the technical feasibility of conventional spark ignition and diesel engines, and has opened the field to other concepts. The emission regulations and their effect on the design and efficiency of conventional engines are reviewed, the research and development effort to improve the performance of conventional engines and to develop advanced engines is discussed, and the current status of these engines is presented.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Annual energy conference and exhibition during National Engineers' week, Knoxville, TN, USA, 20 Feb 1980.
• Corporate Authors:

  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  P. O. Box 2008
  Oak Ridge, TN  United States  37831

  Department of Energy

  1000 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20585
• Authors:
  • Samuels, G
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Pagination: 36 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality management; Alternatives analysis; Automobiles; Development; Diesel engines; Economic efficiency; Economic impacts; Exhaust gases; Fuel conservation; Fuel consumption; Gas turbines; Internal combustion engines; Performance; Pollution; Pollution control; Regulation; Research; Research projects; Spark ignition engines; Stirling engines; Vehicle power plants
• Identifier Terms: Clean Air Act; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Uncontrolled Terms: Comparative analysis; Efficiency; Research and development; Research programs
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile engines; Exhaust emission control; Us epa
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Highways; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00314169
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: W-7405-ENG-26
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 1981 12:00AM