Power Loss Accompanying Detonation

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

MacCoull, Neil, author.

Conference Name:

Annual Meeting of the Society

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1939

Summary:

RESULTS of tests on several motor cars reported in his paper, Mr. MacCoull comments, "make one wonder if it is economically necessary for a car to be completely free from knock at all times." Use of a spark retarded slightly from that required for optimum power, he found, resulted in a trivial power loss, but appreciably lowered the octane requirement.In additional tests on a single-cylinder CFR engine, where power output and various temperatures were studied, as the compression was raised above the critical compression ratio, the author found that:

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Publisher Number:

390141

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