FY 2006 Progress Report for Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
The mission of the Vehicle Technologies Office is to develop more energy efficient and environmentally friendly highway transportation technologies that enable Americans to use less petroleum for their vehicles. The Advanced Combustion Engine R&D Sub-Program supports this mission by removing the critical technical barriers to commercialization of advanced internal combustion engines for light, medium, and heavy-duty highway vehicles that meet future Federal and state emissions regulations. The primary objective of the Advanced Combustion Engine Research and Development Subprogram is to improve the brake thermal efficiency of internal combustion engines while meeting cost, durability, and emissions constraints. Activities include work on combustion technologies that increase efficiency and minimize in-cylinder formation of emissions, as well as aftertreatment technologies that further reduce exhaust emissions. Work is also being conducted on ways to reduce parasitic and heat transfer losses through the development and application of thermoelectrics and turbochargers that include electricity generating capability, and conversion of mechanically driven engine components to be driven via electric motors.
The document is very large; it has been divided into sections for easier use.
- Entire document in one file
- Cover, Title Page, and Contents
- Section I: Introduction
- Section II: Advanced Combustion and Emission Control Research for High-Efficiency Engines
- Section III: Heavy Truck Engine
- Section IV: Waste Heat Recovery
- Section V: Off-Highway Engine Efficiency R&D
- Section VI: Health Impacts
- Section VII: Health Impacts
- Section VIII: University Research
- Section IX: Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Section X: Index of Primary Contacts