LIQUID-HYDROGEN AUTOMOTIVE ONBOARD STORAGE AND SERVICING SYSTEM PROJECT: A PROGRESS REPORT

Under Department of Energy sponsorship, the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory is presently road testing a US intermediate sized automobile adapted to liquid-hydrogen fuel. The overall project objective is to document a general experience base as a point of departure for future development. A semiautomatic fueling station developed by the Deutsche Forschungs-und Versuchsanstalt fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt (DFVLR) of the Federal Republic of Germany is being used to service (refuel) the experimental vehicle. The DFVLR also provided the 150-l (39.6-gal.) cryogenic liquid-hydrogen storage tank mounted in the trunk compartment and the dashboard fuel gauging system. The V-6 turbocharged engine was converted to hydrogen operation by the Billings Energy Corporation. Both the container and the engine modifications represented state-of-the-art technology when the program began. (ERA citation 06:009398)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Society of Automotive Engineers international engineering congress and exposition, Detroit, MI, USA, 23 Feb 1981.
• Corporate Authors:

  Escher Technology Associates

  1405 Route US 27
  St Johns, MI  United States  48879

  Los Alamos National Laboratory

  P.O. Box 1663
  Los Alamos, NM  United States  87545

  Department of Energy

  1000 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20585
• Authors:
  • Stewart, W F
  • Escher, WJD
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Field tests; Fuel substitution; Fuels; Handling and storage; Hydrogen fuels; Liquid hydrogen; Performance tests; Retrofitting; Storage facilities; Storage tanks; Turbochargers; Vehicle power plants
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile engines; Performance testing; Turbocharging
• Subject Areas: Energy; Freight Transportation; Highways; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment; I95: Vehicle Inspection;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00336759
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CONF-810206-4
• Contract Numbers: W-7405-ENG-36
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 12 1981 12:00AM