Objective
This project is concerned with gasoline i.e. oil saving.
The fuel economy allowed by the adaptation of the IAPAC system is between 30 to 35% compared to current industrial solution (with carburetted two-stroke engines) which could represent about 3000 TOE for the first year of production of 50000 vehicles.
The application of this project could concern in a first time the scooter vehicles production where pollutant emissions standards will be required, that could be about 50000 vehicles per year. In a second time, following the level of low-pollution required and the final cost of other depollution systems, the IAPAC system could be eventually extended to other vehicles (mopeds, three-wheelers, and more generally recreational and light commercial vehicles...).
The PIAGGIO important production capacity (600000 vehicle/year) combined with the IFP interest to promote the IAPAC system for production in road vehicles field presents extremely favorable conditions for the commercial development of the product.
The economic target at the demonstration is a total investment cost of production of 0.150.10(6) Lit/vehicle. The subsequent marketing stages are granted by the first proposer who is a two and three wheels vehicles manufacturer.
The innovation consist in the implementation on this type of engine produced by PIAGGIO Veicoli Europei (mopeds, scooters, two-and three-wheelers manufacturer), of a new pneumatic direct fuel injection system (IAPAC), already developed by IFP to solve this problem of fuel short-circuiting, which should consent a fuel consumption reduction by 35% and hydrocarbon emissions reduction by 80%.
After some adaptability studies, the demonstration project includes a phase of testing and measurement in real use situation of a fleet of scooter vehicles including both standard carburetted engines and IAPAC engines. Pollutant emissions reduction will be also measured with and without an oxidation catalyst.
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56025 Pontedera Firenze
Italy