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US 5,962,775 AGranted
Method for testing unleaded aviation gasolines
AssigneeTexaco Inc.
InventorsPeter M. Liiva, Joseph N. Valentine, Teddy G. Campbell
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Abstract
A method for testing an unleaded aviation gasoline (Avgas) composition involves (a) running an aviation engine such as a Textron Lycoming IO-360 engine with an Avgas at maximum knocking conditions, (b) collecting pressure trace data of continuous engine cycles with pressure transducers attached to the cylinders, (c) filtering and transforming the data, and (d) determining the number of knocking cycles and intensity within a predetermined number of continuous engine cycles.
Claims6
A method for testing the performance of an unleaded Avgas composition comprising:
- (a) running an aviation engine with an Avgas at maximum knocking conditions,
- (b) collecting pressure trace data of continuous engine cycles with pressure transducers attached to the cylinders,
- (c) filtering and transforming the data, and
- (d) determining the number of knocking cycles within a predetermined number of continuous engine cycles;
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- (e) rating the performance of the Avgas based on knocking cycles, wherein an acceptable performance level is designated for an Avgas averaging fewer than 50 knocking events per 400 cycles.
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