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The rail industry's testing experience with low CN fuels

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6859532
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An alternative locomotive diesel fuel study included testing a wide variety of fuels in full-sized engines. The fuels tested included methanol and ethanol, shale oil product, SCR II, carbon black-diesel oil slurry, sunflower oil, residual-diesel fuel oil blends, and off-specification middle petroleum distillates. The laboratory test facility includes EMD and GE full-sized engines and smaller research engines. Testing includes engine performance, long-term idle, and 500-hour wear tests. Some promising fuels are field tested in locomotives operating in normal service.
Research Organization:
Association of American Railroads
OSTI ID:
6859532
Report Number(s):
CONF-8609165-
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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02 PETROLEUM
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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
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ALCOHOL FUELS
BITUMENS
CARBON
CARBON BLACK
COMBUSTION CONTROL
CONTROL
DIESEL ENGINES
DIESEL FUELS
DISPERSIONS
DISTILLATES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENGINES
ETHANOL FUELS
FIELD TESTS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL ECONOMY
FUEL SLURRIES
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
FUELS
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
METHANOL FUELS
MIXING
MIXTURES
NONMETALS
OILS
OPERATION
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM DISTILLATES
PETROLEUM FRACTIONS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
RAILROAD CARS
SLURRIES
SUNFLOWER OIL
SUSPENSIONS
SYNTHETIC FUELS
TAR
TEST FACILITIES
TESTING
TRAINS
VEGETABLE OILS
VEHICLES
WEAR