Alternate fuels and alternate prime movers in non-highway transportation. What will power future non-highway transportation

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979 · SAE Fuels Lubr. Meet. Pap.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6287525

Cart, E N; Percival, J

A recent Exxon Research and Engineering Co. study for the U.S. Department of Energy indicated that fuels like the current products will be used until 2000-2010, and that new fuels will be used first in aircraft. The best prime mover/fuel combination for marine transport will be coal-fired steam engines or diesels fueled with crude shale oil or a coal-oil slurry; for aircraft, gas turbines fired with synthetic liquids from shale oil or coal; for railroads, diesel/electric locomotives fueled with shale-oil distillates; and for pipeline pumps and compressors, electric motors powered by coal-fired or nuclear generators. In the study, liquid and gaseous nonpetroleum fuels and other power sources, derived or generated from coal, oil shale, and/or biomass, and eight prime movers (boiler/steam turbines, open- and closed-cycle gas turbines, low- and high-speed diesel engines, spark-ignited and stratified-charge Otto engines, electric motors, Stirling engines, free-piston engines, and fuel cell/electric motors) were evaluated for use in marine, rail, pipeline, and air freight transport.

• Research Organization: Exxon Res. Eng. Co.
• OSTI ID: 6287525
• Report Number(s): CONF-791091-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: SAE Fuels Lubr. Meet. Pap.; (United States) Journal Volume: 790957
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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