Methanol no better than diesel for city buses

Journal Article · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Civil Engineering (New York); (USA)

OSTI ID:6768308

This paper discusses how replacing diesel buses with methanol-fueled vehicles probably wouldn't improve air quality in urban areas, according to two researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Ill. Because methanol doesn't ignite as easily as diesel fuel, emissions performance declines when a bus is idling or traveling at low speeds-common in city traffic. Pending Clean Air Act proposals call for introducing alternative-fueled buses in 1991 in order to reduce particulate emissions. But gains from methanol fuels could be offset by increases in carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, and hydrocarbons, based on the results of several comparative emissions tests.

• OSTI ID: 6768308
• Journal Information: Civil Engineering (New York); (USA), Journal Name: Civil Engineering (New York); (USA) Vol. 60:5; ISSN CIEGA; ISSN 0009-7853
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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