Installation of a Diesel Engine Combustion/Ignition Evaluation Facility

Abstract

A facility for examining shale fuel property-related combustion/ ignition effects on diesel engine performance has been installed at the U.S. Army Fuels and Lubricants Research Laboratory (AFLRL). The facility consists of a single-cylinder conversion of a three-cylinder, two-stroke cycle engine, an engine instrumentation package for determining combustion efficiencies, and a dedicated system for rapid data acquisition. The computer system and software has been developed with the flexibility to expand into other areas of fuels and combustion research. The facility will be an effective tool in the continuing development of Army mobility fuels. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA119610

Entities

People

  • D. M. Yost
  • E. C. Owens
  • T. W. Ryan Iii

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Central Processing Units
  • Compression
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Diesel Engines
  • Energy
  • Load Cells
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Operating Systems
  • Petroleum
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Strain Gages
  • System Software

Readers

  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Research Science/Academic Research