Predicting tractor fuel consumption

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 553-561

  Grisso, Robert D ^a   Kocher, Michael F ^b   Vaughan, David H ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel consumption; Machinery management; Standardized tests; Tractors

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DIESEL ENGINES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EQUIPMENT TESTING; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LOAD TESTING; PERFORMANCE; STANDARDIZATION;

FUEL EFFICIENCY; MACHINERY MANAGEMENT; SPECIFIC VOLUMETRIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; STANDARDIZED TESTS; TRACTOR FUEL CONSUMPTION;

TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

EID: 10244259218     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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