19. IMPROVEMENT OF FUEL ECONOMY OF A COMMERCIAL CNG VEHICLE BY OPTIMIZATION OF FAN DUTY CYCLE
Authors
Omkar Lonkar , A.B. Gaikwad
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Abstract
In todays world where containing the use of fossil fuels is getting difficult and resources of these food for vehicles nearing to end, it is extremely important to use fuels efficiently. Even though vehicle electrification in world is building stronger base and India is no exception to this improvement however its still extremely gutsy to say business vehicles will follow comparable course of events of zap. This withdrawal of force takes cost for power accessible at haggles at last winds up in higher fuel utilization. So to diminish the heap o n the motor, we decided to streamline the plan of the motor fan to further develop the efficiency of the vehicle. This should be possible by upgrading the fan commitment towards motor while vehicle running. This incorporates changes in engine design, engine calibration, engine hardware, combustion characteristics and engine exhaust after -treatment systems. Still it was decided that the newly developed BSVI vehicles should have atleast 10% better fuel efficiency with respect to its predecessor versions.