DESIGN FEATURES AND INITIAL PERFORMANCE DATA ON AN AUTOMOTIVE STEAM ENGINE PART I--OVERALL POWERPLANT DESCRIPTION AND PERFORMANCE

This paper summarizes the progress to date on a program sponsored by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop an automobile Rankine engine employing water as the working fluid and a 4-cyl uniflow reciprocating expander. Design details of the system are presented including a description of major components and packaging arrangements of the system in a six-passenger car. Results of development testing to date are presented illustrating that the exhaust emissions are well below the current 1977 federal standards.