| Main Title |
Evaluation of the FuelXpander / |
| Author |
Barth, Edward Anthony. ;
Kranig, James
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| Other Authors |
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| CORP Author |
Environmental Protection Agency, Ann Arbor, MI. Technology Assessment and Evaluation Branch. |
| Publisher |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Mobile Source Air Pollution Control, Emission Control and Technology Division, Technology Assessment and Evaluation Branch, |
| Year Published |
1980 |
| Report Number |
EPA-AA-TAEB-80-2 |
| Stock Number |
PB80-140809 |
| OCLC Number |
745910903 |
| Subjects |
Automobiles--Fuel consumption
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| Additional Subjects |
Automobiles ;
Exhaust emissions ;
Fuel consumption ;
Carburetors ;
Fuel systems ;
Technology assessment ;
Fuel economy ;
Retrofit devices
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| ELCD |
EPA AA-TAEB-80-2 |
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NVFEL Library/Ann Arbor, MI |
04/25/2013 |
DISPERSAL |
| NTIS |
PB80-140809 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
31 p. : ill., charts ; 28 cm. |
| Abstract |
The FuelXpander is a retrofit device, marketed by FuelXpanders, Ltd. of Glen Falls, N.Y. It is designed to pre-heat the gasoline before it reaches the carburetor. The manufacturer claims the device improves fuel economy, safety and performance. The basic question asked was whether 'with a FuelXpander installed on an engine, will the fuel economy, on the average under different outside temperatures, increase, stay the same, or decrease.' It was in response to this request, that the TAEB agreed to test the FuelXpander. The conclusions drawn from the EPA evaluation tests are necessarily of limited applicability. A complete evaluation of the effectiveness of an emission control system in achieving performance improvements on the many different types of vehicles that are in actual use requires a much larger sample to test vehicles than is economically feasible in the evaluation test projects conducted by EPA. For promising systems it is necessary that more extensive test programs be carried out. |
| Notes |
Cover title. "EPA-AA-TAEB-80-2." |
