Assessment of fuel economy technologies for light-duty vehicles [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 629.253
• Soggetto topico: Automobiles - Fuel consumption - Research - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""DEDICATION-Dr. Patrick Flynn""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Fundamentals of Fuel Consumption""; ""3 Cost Estimation""; ""4 Spark-Ignition Gasoline Engines""; ""5 Compression-Ignition Diesel Engines""; ""6 Hybrid Power Trains""; ""7 Non-Engine Technologies""; ""8 Modeling Improvements in Vehicle Fuel Consumption""; ""9 Application of Vehicle Technologies to Vehicle Classes""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Committee Biographies""; ""Appendix B: Statement of Task""; ""Appendix C: List of Presentations at Public Committee Meetings"" ; ""Appendix D: Select Acronyms""""Appendix E: Comparison of Fuel Consumption and Fuel Economy""; ""Appendix F: Review of Estimate of Retail Price Equivalent Markup Factors""; ""Appendix G: Compression-Ignition Engine Replacement for Full-Size Pickup/SUV""; ""Appendix H:Other NRC Assessments of Benefits, Costs, and Readiness of Fuel Economy Technologies""; ""Appendix I: Results of Other Major Studies""; ""Appendix J: Probabilities in Estimation of Fuel Consumption Benefits and Costs""; ""Appendix K: Model Description and Results for the EEA-ICF Model""
• Titolo autorizzato: Assessment of fuel economy technologies for light-duty vehicles
• ISBN: 1-283-15172-3; 9786613151728; 0-309-15608-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456773903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II