Diesel Organic Rankine Cycle Compound Engine (Bottoming Cycle) Program Program Plan

摘要

This document constitutes the program plan for implementation of modification AO-10 under contract No. EY-C-02-2832 for the conduct of a Single Vehicle Test during fiscal year 1979 in which the Diesel Organic Rankine Cycle Compound Engine installed in a long-haul truck will be tested and evaluated as a precursor to future minifleet demonstration, the ultimate aim of which is the improvement of fuel economy in this class of truck.nThe Single Vehicle Test consists of two major intertwined phases;the first consists of instrumentation and controls checkout followed by chassis dynamometer tests of the systems and road checkout tests, all at Thermo Electron Corporation (TECO). This is then followed by a series of tests conducted by Mack Trucks at their facility during which all pertinent characteristics of the system will be ascertained. Nominally, the Single Vehicle will be at TECO during the period October 1978 through February 1979 and at Mack Trucks from March 1979 through November 1979.