METHANOL AS AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL FOR OTTO ENGINES

METHANOL ALS ALTERNATIVKRAFTSTOFF FUER OTTOMOTOREN

The conversion of conventional petrol driven combustion engines to methanol operation can be effected relatively quickly from the automobile engineering viewpoint. The remaining problems to be solved are confined mainly to fuel technology questions, particularly to the effort involved in a simpler design of cold start mechanism. The advantages of the methanol concept, apart from the achievement of the objective of petrol economy, are improved engine efficiency, lower emission of noxious substances and higher engine power. Whether methanol will in fact succeed in the near future on a large scale as a substitute for petrol fuels will depend ultimately on the development costs in relation to the cost of petrol. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Franckhlsche Verlagshandlung

  Pfizerstrasse 5, Postfach 640
  7000 Stuttgart 1,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Oblaender, K
  • Abthoff, J
  • Nagel, A B
• Publication Date: 1976-3

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 113-117
• Serial:
  • ATZ - Automobil Technische Zeitschrift
  • Volume: 78
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Franckhlsche Verlagshandlung

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Alcohols; Economic efficiency; Energy; Exhaust gases; Fuel consumption; Fuels; Future; Internal combustion engines; Methanol; Motors; Transportation modes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Conversion; Efficiency
• ITRD Terms: 7347: Alcohol; 1394: Catalytic converter; 232: Fuel consumption; 1152: Future transport mode; 1334: Motor
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157444
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Institute of Road Research, Germany
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1977 12:00AM