Fuel economy of the gasoline engine: fuel, lubricant and other effects

Book · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 UTC 1977

OSTI ID:6193161

Blackmore, D R; Thomas, A ^[1]

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1. eds.

Fuel economy is a subject of growing importace and every major use of fuel is now being subjected to close scrutiny. The gasoline engine consumes a significant fraction of the world oil supply, over one-eighth of the oil in western Europe, and about one-half of that in the U.S. Being a critique, rather than a catalogue, this book begins with an introductory chapter on the trends in average fuel economy of vehicles. There follows a chapter on the fundamental principles governing fuel economy which ends with an estimate of the potentially quite large gains in fuel economy that could be achieved. The next three chapters deal with the principal properties of gasoline that affect fuel economy, namely octane quality, volatility, and additive content. Chapters 6 to 8 discuss the effect on economy of mixture preparation in the inlet system, vehicle maintenance, and exhaust-emission control systems. The problems of making accurate measurements of fuel economy are the subject of Chapter 9. Chapters 10 and 11 survey the effects on fuel economy of crankcase and transmission lubricants. As an illustration of the principles involved, the Shell Mileage Marathon competitions are described in a final chapter. The fuel economy of the gasoline engine is compared with that of the diesel engine in an appendix.

• OSTI ID: 6193161
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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