Study aims to cut vehicle emissions
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30/06/2011 14:12
UK-based engineering firm Ricardo has teamed up with Brighton University to model and evaluate an advanced split-cycle combustion system in an effort to substantially cut down heavy-duty vehicles’ carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
Unlike previous research projects centred on refining existing four-stroke engine technology, the latest project - titled CoolR - will look into a fundamentally new split-cycle combustion concept.
The CoolR project aims to achieve a near-40% improvement in the engine’s thermal efficiency using liquid cryogenic injection.
Project director Nick Owen said: “We believe that the CoolR split-cycle cryogenic injection combustion concept offers the prospect of very significant improvements in thermal efficiency and hence reduced carbon-dioxide emissions in the heavy vehicle sector.”
The feasibility study is part-funded by the UK Technology Strategy Board.
The project aims to develop a roadmap to identify the necessary work required to bring the CoolR concept from feasibility to systems prototype and beyond.
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Re: Study aims to cut vehicle emissions
Good story
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30/06/2011 14:41
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