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Success at last for this 40-year-old stratified-charge engine

Journal Article · · Pop. Sci.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5483587
A United Parcel Service (UPS) program for demonstrating the performance of the Texaco Controlled-Combustion System (TCCS) which was retrofitted to standard internal combustion engines in UPS vans is described. This TCCS modification is claimed to much less expensive than converting to diesel engines in the vans, can run on any liquid fuel, and increased fuel economy by 35% as compared with the standard GM internal combustion engine supplied with the van. (LCL)
OSTI ID:
5483587
Journal Information:
Pop. Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: Pop. Sci.; (United States) Vol. 219:5; ISSN POSCD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English