High Performance Methane Engines

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Seal, M. R., author.

Conference Name:

1983 Compressed Natural Gas as a Motor Vehicle Fuel (1983-06-22 : Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1983

Summary:

Several approaches to recovering power lost in a methane conversion are discussed in the paper. High compression, turbocharging and improved breathing capability were investigated. The base engine was 1781 cc aluminum boxer-type four-cylinder engine. Compression ratios as high as 12.3:1 were tried as was 20 PSI turbocharger boost. Four-valve-per-cylinder heads were manufactured and tested. The original BHP of the engine on gasoline (71 BHP) was more than doubled on methane

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Publisher Number:

831074

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