PROGRESS OF SAAB SCANIA'S STEAM POWER PROJECT

For many years we at Saab Scania have comprehensively studied the characteristics of different solutions for a steam automotive system. Problems of common engineering character, such as cranking mechanism etc., have been dealt with in a very limited way. An almost complete method has been developed for the cooling system. To some degree improvements have been made regarding the steam generation system and the expander. Recently it has been possible to make a fairly good estimate of production costs. These indicate almost equal costs compared with the conventional power system. /GMRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Platell, O B
• Publication Date: 1976-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 12 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cooling; Costs; Steam engines; Transducers; Vehicle design; Vehicle power plants
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile engines; Expander
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145268
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 760344
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1977 12:00AM