Second annual report to Congress on the Automotive Technology Development Program

Technical Report · Tue Sep 30 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:6726637

Progress in the Automotive Technology Development Program for the year ending September 30, 1980 is reported. This program is aimed at developing for commercialization advanced gas turbine (AGT) engines, advanced Stirling engines (ASE), and innovative, more efficient vehicles and vehicle components to use with advanced, energy-conserving automotive propulsion systems. For the AGT, the major accomplishments for this period included: awarded contracts for AGT development; completed reference powertrain design; initiated design and fabrication of testing facilities; and testing of components. For the ASE, design review is on schedule, and components have been tested up to 4000 h. A turbocompound diesel engine completed 54,000 miles of road testing and showed a 5% fuel economy improvement. Ten thousand miles of road testing a prototype Diesel Organic Rankine Bottoming Cycle in a heavy truck engine showed a 10% fuel economy gain. Three hundred standard GSA vehicles, operated with a Controlled Speed Accessory Drive showed, a 6 to 8% fuel economy gain. Four gas turbines have been installed in intercity buses, and five more are being installed in intracity buses in Baltimore. (LCL)

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Solar Energy
• OSTI ID: 6726637
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS-0069/1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290700 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Transport & Storage
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330102 -- Internal Combustion Engines-- Diesel
330103* -- Internal Combustion Engines-- Turbine
330201 -- External Combustion Engines-- Stirling Cycle
330600 -- Advanced Propulsion Systems-- Vehicle Design Factors
AUTOMOBILES
DESIGN
DIESEL ENGINES
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENGINES
FUEL ECONOMY
GAS TURBINE ENGINES
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
NORTH AMERICA
PERFORMANCE TESTING
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
STIRLING ENGINES
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TEST FACILITIES
TESTING
USA
VEHICLES