Alcohol fueled heavy duty vehicles using clean, high efficiency engines

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bromberg, Leslie ^a   Cohn, Daniel ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE FUEL TANKS; COAL TRANSPORTATION; COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); COSTS; DIESEL FUELS; DIRECT INJECTION; EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; GAS GENERATORS; GASOLINE; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; NATURAL GAS;

COAL-DERIVED METHANOL; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES; HIGH COMPRESSION RATIO; HIGH-EFFICIENCY ENGINES; PETROLEUM-BASED LIQUIDS; TRANSPORTATION FUELS; TURBO-CHARGED DIRECT INJECTION SPARK IGNITION ENGINES;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 85072364844     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2010-01-2199     Document Type: Conference Paper

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