Project for reliability fleet testing of alcohol/gasoline blends. Technical progress report

Technical Report · Wed Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6233599

The Project Plan addresses the near-term goal of bringing the end-use technology for formulated alcohol/gasoline blends to the point of commercial technical readiness, in support of the Alcohol Fuels Program element of the DOE Alternative Fuels Utilization Program (AFUP). A 4-year project was planned initially. The project addresses two activities: (1) to acquire data for proof-of-concept through engineering tests in a small controlled fleet using various formulated blends of ethanol/gasoline and methanol/gasoline and (2) to acquire data for statistical proof-of-performance through large-scale reliability fleet tests using selected blends. Implementation of the plan is continuing in accordance with funding availability and significant progress has been made on many elements of the tests. Progress is reported in detail. (WHK)

• Research Organization: Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA (USA). Mobile Systems Directorate
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-79CS50023
• OSTI ID: 6233599
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/50023-T15; ON: DE82000004
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALCOHOLS
AUTOMOBILES
AUTOMOTIVE FUELS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENGINES
ETHANOL
EVALUATION
FUEL CONSUMPTION
FUELS
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GASOLINE
HEAT ENGINES
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
LIQUID FUELS
METHANOL
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
RELIABILITY
SPARK IGNITION ENGINES
TESTING
TRUCKS
UNLEADED GASOLINE
VEHICLES