Technical Paper
Advanced Diesel Engine 42% Brake Thermal Efficiency Technology Demonstrators
2011-04-12
2011-01-0121
Battlefield delivered fuel (jet and diesel) with required security, storage, transport, and dispensing equipment is estimated to cost $418/gallon [ 1 ], thus the need for very fuel efficient light weight engines for repower and future vehicles is critical. The U.S. Army RDECOM TARDEC Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program funded Advanced Engines Development Corporation (AED) for the exploration, development and application of advanced diesel engine technologies and to incorporate these technologies into demonstrator engines, a 4-cylinder and V-8's. AED based these demonstrators on current production GM gasoline engine diesel conversions employing commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) advanced diesel systems and engine components.
