The powertrain consists of a single shaft regenerated gas turbine engine utilizing ceramic hot section components, coupled to a slit differential gearbox with an available variable stator torque converter and an available Ford intergral overdrive four-speed automatic transmission. Predicted fuel economy using gasoline fuel over the combined federal driving cycle (CFDC) is 15.3 km/1, which represents a 59% improvement over the spark-ignition-powered baseline vehicle. Using DF2 fuel, CFDC mileage estimates are 17.43 km/1. Zero to 96.6 km/hr acceleration time is 11.9 seconds with a four-second accleration distance of 21.0 m. The ceramic radial turbine rotor is discussed along with the control system for the powertrain.
Advanced Gas Turbine (AGT) Powertrain System Initial Development Report
1980
150 pages
Report
No indication
English
Jet & Gas Turbine Engines , Road Transportation , Engine Studies, Energy Related , Automobile engines , Energy conservation , Engine design , Fuel consumption , Gas turbine engines , Transmissions(Machine elements) , Ceramics , Product development , Rotor aerodynamics , Rotor blades(Turbomachinery) , Turbocompressors
Advanced Gas Turbine Powertrain System Development Project
Automotive engineering | 1980
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