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Title: Natural Gas as a Future Fuel for Heavy-Duty Vehicles

Abstract

In addition to their significant environmental impacts, medium-duty and heavy-duty (HD) vehicles are high volume fuel users. Development of such vehicles, which include transit buses, refuse trucks, and HD Class 6-8 trucks, that are fueled with natural gas is strategic to market introduction of natural gas vehicles (NGV). Over the past five years the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Heavy Vehicle Technologies (OHVT) has funded technological developments in NGV systems to support the growth of this sector in the highly competitive transportation market. The goals are to minimize emissions associated with NGV use, to improve on the economies of scale, and to continue supporting the testing and safety assessments of all new systems. This paper provides an overview of the status of major projects under a program supported by DOE/OHVT and managed by Brookhaven National Laboratory. The discussion focuses on the program's technical strategy in meeting specific goals proposed by the N GV industry and the government. Relevant projects include the development of low-cost fuel storage, fueling infrastructure, and HD vehicle applications.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Heavy Vehicle Technologies (EE-33) (US)
OSTI Identifier:
771015
Report Number(s):
SAE/TPS -2001-01-2067
ISSN 0148-7191; TRN: US200205%%187
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-98CH10886
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Government/Industry Meeting, Washington, DC (US), 05/14/2001--05/16/2001; Other Information: PBD: 14 May 2001
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
03 NATURAL GAS; 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; BNL; BUSES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; MARKET; NATURAL GAS; SAFETY; STORAGE; TESTING

Citation Formats

Litzke, Wai-Lin, and Wegrzyn, James. Natural Gas as a Future Fuel for Heavy-Duty Vehicles. United States: N. p., 2001. Web.
Litzke, Wai-Lin, & Wegrzyn, James. Natural Gas as a Future Fuel for Heavy-Duty Vehicles. United States.
Litzke, Wai-Lin, and Wegrzyn, James. 2001. "Natural Gas as a Future Fuel for Heavy-Duty Vehicles". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/771015.
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abstractNote = {In addition to their significant environmental impacts, medium-duty and heavy-duty (HD) vehicles are high volume fuel users. Development of such vehicles, which include transit buses, refuse trucks, and HD Class 6-8 trucks, that are fueled with natural gas is strategic to market introduction of natural gas vehicles (NGV). Over the past five years the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Heavy Vehicle Technologies (OHVT) has funded technological developments in NGV systems to support the growth of this sector in the highly competitive transportation market. The goals are to minimize emissions associated with NGV use, to improve on the economies of scale, and to continue supporting the testing and safety assessments of all new systems. This paper provides an overview of the status of major projects under a program supported by DOE/OHVT and managed by Brookhaven National Laboratory. The discussion focuses on the program's technical strategy in meeting specific goals proposed by the N GV industry and the government. Relevant projects include the development of low-cost fuel storage, fueling infrastructure, and HD vehicle applications.},
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