Fiscal Year:
1983
Title:
IN ORDER TO QUANTITATIVELY IDENTIFY THE CONTRIBUTION OF SEVERAL CRITICAL FUEL PROPERTIES TO IGNITION, COMBUSTION AND SUBSEQUENT ENGINE PERFORMANCE OF ALTERNATE DIESEL FUELS, AND EMPIRICAL MATHEMATICAL MODELING INVESTIGATION IS PROPOSED.
Agency / Branch:
DOD / ARMY
Contract:
N/A
Award Amount:
$16,213.00
Abstract:
IN ORDER TO QUANTITATIVELY IDENTIFY THE CONTRIBUTION OF SEVERAL CRITICAL FUEL PROPERTIES TO IGNITION, COMBUSTION AND SUBSEQUENT ENGINE PERFORMANCE OF ALTERNATE DIESEL FUELS, AND EMPIRICAL MATHEMATICAL MODELING INVESTIGATION IS PROPOSED. THE PERFORMANCE OF A WIDE VARIETY OF ALTERNATE HYDROCARBON DIESEL FUELS IN A DETROIT DIESEL SERIES 53 ENGINE WILL BE EVALUATED. WILL INCLUDED IGNITION QUALITY, DENSITY, VISCOSITY, VOLATILITY AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION. THESE FUEL PROPERTIES WILL BE MODELED TO GENERATE A PREDICTIVE CORRELATION OF BRAKE HORSEPOWER AND SPECIFIC CONSUMPTION PERFORMANCE.
Principal Investigator:
Business Contact:
Brent K. Bailey
8015813054
Small Business Information at Submission:
Technical Research Associates
420 Chipeta Way, Suite 100 Salt Lake City, UT 84108
EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS:
N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned:
No
Minority-Owned:
No
HUBZone-Owned:
No