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Title: Dual-fuel school bus demonstration: Final report

Abstract

This report describes the results of a demonstration of the capabilities of compressed natural gas (CNG) as an alternate fuel source for school bus fleets. Three New York State school districts participated in the demonstration project by converting ten buses each to dual-fuel capability. The buses could use both CNG and gasoline or CNG and diesel fuel. Each district also installed a CNG refueling station to serve their buses. School bus fleets were chosen because of their large fuel use, advantageous usage patterns and the benefits which would accrue from reduced fuel costs. The report includes both quantitative and qualitative data summarizing bus fuel enonomy; bus maintenance costs; refueling station operating and maintenance costs; regulatory problems; safety; training and community acceptance. 41 figs., 29 tabs.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Mueller Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6295199
Report Number(s):
NYSERDA-87-17
ON: TI87900946
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; 10 SYNTHETIC FUELS; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; BUSES; DUAL-FUEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; GASOLINE; NATURAL GAS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; ROAD TESTS; DIESEL ENGINES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FUEL ECONOMY; GAS COMPRESSORS; SPARK IGNITION ENGINES; WEAR; COMPRESSORS; DATA; ENERGY SOURCES; ENGINES; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL GAS; FUELS; GAS FUELS; GASES; HEAT ENGINES; INFORMATION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LIQUID FUELS; NUMERICAL DATA; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; TESTING; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; VEHICLES; 330101* - Internal Combustion Engines- Spark-Ignition; 330102 - Internal Combustion Engines- Diesel; 090100 - Hydrocarbon Fuels- (-1989); 294003 - Energy Planning & Policy- Natural Gas

Citation Formats

. Dual-fuel school bus demonstration: Final report. United States: N. p., 1986. Web.
. Dual-fuel school bus demonstration: Final report. United States.
. 1986. "Dual-fuel school bus demonstration: Final report". United States.
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