IGNITION AND CARBURETION RESEARCH AT ARCTIC TEMPERATURES

• Main Author: Beavers, R. G.
• Other Authors: KENTUCKY UNIV LEXINGTON AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH LAB
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1953
• Subjects: Geography; *TEMPERATURE; OUTPUT; COILS; PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING); ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMBUSTION; HEATING; IGNITION; POWER; SPARK PLUGS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; ARCTIC REGIONS; GASOLINE; AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS; PLUGS; HEAT; FUEL INJECTORS; MANIFOLDS(ENGINES); ENGINES; FUELS; TEST EQUIPMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; DISTRIBUTION; INJECTION; Arctic; Merz
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0008003; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0008003

An investigation was made to determine the effect of arctic tem perature on automotive ignition equipment, a gasoline engine equipped with a fuel injector, and a gasoline engine equipped with a carburetor. Eight commercially available spark plugs underwent 4 tests each to determine the relative perf...