Diesel Organic Rankine Cycle Compound Engine (Bottoming Cycle) Program. Program plan

Technical Report · Wed Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6428958

A program plan is presented for implementation of a Single Vehicle Test during fiscal year 1979 in which the Diesel Organic Rankine Cycle Compound Engine installed in a long-haul truck will be tested and evaluated as a precursor to future minifleet demonstration, the ultimate aim of which is the improvement of fuel economy in this class of truck. The Single Vehicle Test consists of two major intertwined phases; the first consists of instrumentation and controls checkout followed by chassis dynamometer tests of the systems and road checkout tests. This is then followed by a series of tests conducted by Mack Trucks at their facility during which all pertinent characteristics of the system will be ascertained.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Div. of Transportation Energy Conservation
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-02-2832
• OSTI ID: 6428958
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS-0052
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330102* -- Internal Combustion Engines-- Diesel
330202 -- External Combustion Engines-- Rankine Cycle
BOTTOMING CYCLES
DIESEL ENGINES
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
FUEL ECONOMY
HEAT RECOVERY EQUIPMENT
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PLANNING
PROPULSION
RANKINE CYCLE ENGINES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
TESTING
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
TRUCKS
VEHICLES
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION