Road Performance of a Diesel Vehicle with Supplementary Carburation of Alcohol 810347
A novel Air-Alcohol INDUCTOR with an inherent flexibility to tailor the alcohol flow rate, has been developed for a multi-cylinder, variable-speed, vehicular Diesel engine to enable operation in the Alcohol-Diesel bi-fuel mode. Tests have been carried out on the dynamometer over the whole speed range of the engine. Also road tests have been carried out under constant vehicular speed conditions. Upto 48% Diesel substitution was achieved on road without reduction in thermal efficiency. Laboratory tests indicate lower exhaust temperatures and lower smoke intensities than in the diesel mode.
Citation: Govindarajan, S., Lakshminarayanan, K., Madhavan, L., Ganesan, V. et al., "Road Performance of a Diesel Vehicle with Supplementary Carburation of Alcohol," SAE Technical Paper 810347, 1981, https://doi.org/10.4271/810347. Download Citation
Author(s):
S. Govindarajan, K. R. Lakshminarayanan, L. Srinivasa Madhavan, V. Ganesan, B. Nagalingam, K. V. Gopalakrishnan, B. S. Murthy
Affiliated:
Carburettors Ltd., Indian Institute of Technology
Pages: 9
Event:
SAE International Congress and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Diesel / compression ignition engines
Road tests
Roads and highways
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