Twelfth Annual Report to Congress on the Automotive Technology Development Program

Technical Report · Thu Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6081158· OSTI ID:6081158

This is the twelfth annual report on the progress in implementing the Automotive Propulsion Research and Development Act of 1978. The Act provides for an expanded R&D effort with respect to advanced automotive propulsion systems technology which would complement and stimulate corresponding efforts by the private sector. Develop proof-of-concept advanced automotive heat engines and demonstrate the capability, relative to current spark ignition (SI) engines, for (1) a 30 percent or greater improvement in vehicle fuel economy; (2) meeting emissions, safety, and noise standards; (3) projected competitive initial and life cycle costs; and (4) alternative fuels utilization capabilities. Develop advanced heavy-duty diesel engine technology capable of producing a 30 percent improvement in vehicle fuel economy, relative to 1982 technology, while meeting or exceeding the EPA emissions regulations. Establish a structural ceramics and advanced materials technology base in support of advanced heat engine development. Establish a technology base for the use of alternative fuels in advanced and contemporary heat engines. Find a replacement for the CFC-12 chlorofluorocarbon currently used in automotive air conditioner units. In summary, the R D projects in progress address the high-risk areas associated with the development of ceramic components for the gas turbine engine, heavy duty adiabatic diesel engine technology, advanced materials technology, and alternative fuels utilization technology, and replacing the automotive CFC-12 air conditioning fluid.

• Research Organization: US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington, DC (United States). Office of Conservation & Renewable Energy (CE)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Conservation & Renewable Energy (CE)
• OSTI ID: 6081158
• Report Number(s): DOE/CE--0300P; ON: DE91008995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290500* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Research
Development
Demonstration
& Commercialization
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330100 -- Internal Combustion Engines
330800 -- Emission Control-- Alternative Fuels
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
360201 -- Ceramics
Cermets
& Refractories-- Preparation & Fabrication
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AIR CONDITIONERS
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
ALCOHOL FUELS
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
CERAMICS
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
COMPLIANCE
DIESEL ENGINES
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENGINES
FLUORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
FUEL ECONOMY
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
FUELS
GAS FUELS
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HEAT ENGINES
INDUSTRY
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MATERIAL SUBSTITUTION
OPTIMIZATION
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
PROGRESS REPORT
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SPECIFICATIONS
SYNTHESIS
SYNTHETIC FUELS
TURBINE BLADES