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A Light Duty Diesel for America?
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This paper describes a study which was carried out to determine the feasibility of the diesel as a light duty power plant for American use.
As a result of a literature survey and a specific configuration study, nine 96 kW diesel power plants were examined in detail. Further examination of the diesel power plants indicated that only the direct injection four-stroke configurations could meet the primary emission targets using current technology.
It was concluded, however, that the diesel engine could provide a viable power plant for light duty vehicles and that considerable improvements in fuel consumption and overall running costs could be obtained.
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Monaghan, M. and McFadden, J., "A Light Duty Diesel for America?," SAE Technical Paper 750330, 1975, https://doi.org/10.4271/750330.Also In
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- “A Study of the Diesel as a Light Duty Power Plant.”
- Commercial Motor and Engineering 1953