Vehicle Operating Experience with Methanol as a Substitute for Petrol and Diesel Liquid Fuels Trust Board Wellington, New Zealand

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Joyce, Richard J., author.

Conference Name:

2nd International Pacific Conference on Automotive Engineering (1983-11-07 : Tokyo, Japan)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource cm

Place of Publication:

Tokyo, JAPAN Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan 1983

Summary:

Blends of 15% methanol with petrol containing 1% isobutanol have been utilised by 45 vehicles operated for a period of two years. An additional 907 vehicles have been operated for approximately one year to obtain information about the distribution of M15 blends, about necessary co-solvent concentrations, and about general vehicle driveability. Initial studies have also been conducted using 15-20% emulsions of methanol with diesel in diesel-cycle engines. High methanol fuels ranging from M85 to M100 have been tested in six purpose-built vehicles and 45 retrofitted vehicles involving four different types of retrofit systems. In addition, high methanol fuels have also been tested in diesel-cycle engines involving two different types of purpose-built engines, together with unmodified engines

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Publisher Number:

830899

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license