THE THEORY OF OPERATION OF AN AMMONIA BURNING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Abstract

Two basic approaches are presented for achieving combustion of ammonia in internal combustion engines. The first approach is one of integrating the ammonia combustion capability into the research and development of engines for the 1975-80 time frame. This approach would have the objective of building and a multi-fuel engine which could use MED or commercially produced ammonia. The second approach is one of converting existing engines by the use of modification kits. This approach could be applied to engines in the 1965-70 time frame, and would appear to require the use of ammonia produced commercially since the MED concept has application in the 1980 time frame.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0634681

Entities

People

  • Charles G. Garabedian
  • John H. Johnson

Organizations

  • United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carburetors
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Products
  • Compression Ignition
  • Compression Ignition Engines
  • Compression Ratio
  • Diesel Fuels
  • Fuel Additives
  • Fuel Injection
  • Fuel Tanks
  • Fuels
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Vaporization
  • Hydrocarbon Fuels
  • Ignition
  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Spark Ignition

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design