ALCOHOL FUELED AUTOMOBILES: PERFORMANCE - EMISSIONS - ENVIRONMENT

Topics include: (1) alcohol fueled vehicles: economy and emissions; (2) cold starting experiments with neat methanol; (3) emissions and fuel economy tests on a Toyota Supra using methanol and ethanol blends; (4) thermokinetic modeling of alcohol-fueled engines; (5) smog chamber comparisons of alcohol and gasoline exhausts; and (6) environmental toxicity comparison of alcohol fuels and gasoline. (ERA citation 06:028937)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Microfiche only after original copies are exhausted.
• Corporate Authors:

  Santa Clara University, California

  Santa Clara, CA  United States 

  Department of Energy

  1000 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20585
• Publication Date: 1979-10-23

Media Info

• Pagination: 18 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Alcohol fuels; Alcohols; Automobiles; Blends; Environmental impacts; Ethanol; Exhaust gases; Fuel conservation; Fuel consumption; Fuel substitution; Fuels; Gasohol; Methanol; Motor fuels; Performance; Toxicity; Vehicle performance; Vehicle power plants
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile engines
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I95: Vehicle Inspection; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00346547
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOE/CS/51737-T1
• Contract Numbers: AC03-78CS51737
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 29 1982 12:00AM