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Analysis and evaluation of light-duty engines for gas-fired cogeneration. Final report, November 1983-February 1986

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6496504

Nine natural gas fueled, commercial 60-kW packaged cogeneration systems at eight separate sites were monitored for over a year to produce 57,000 hours of documented operation of light-duty engine and cogeneration system performance data. The results showed that the automotive spark-ignition engines converted to natural gas fuel were responsible for a minority of cogeneration system problems, and that the overall reliability and performance of cogeneration systems based on low-cost engines should be as favorable as for systems based on other prime movers.

Research Organization:
TECOGEN, Inc., Waltham, MA (USA)
OSTI ID:
6496504
Report Number(s):
PB-90-259953/XAB; CNN: GRI-5083-243-0860
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English