SuperShuttle CNG Fleet Evaluation--Final Report
Abstract
The mission of the US Department of Energy's Office of Transportation Technologies is to promote the development and deployment of transportation technologies that reduce US dependence on foreign oil, while helping to improve the nation's air quality and promoting US competitiveness. In support of this mission, DOE has directed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to conduct projects to evaluate the performance and acceptability of alternative fuel vehicles. NREL has undertaken several fleet study projects, which seek to provide objective real-world fleet experiences with AFVs. For this type of study we collect, analyze, and report on operational, cost, emissions, and performance data from AFVs being driven in a fleet application. The primary purpose of such studies is to make real-world information on AFVs available to fleet managers and other potential AFV purchasers. For this project, data was collected from 13 passenger vans operating in the Boulder/Denver, Colorado area. The study vehicles were all 1999 Ford E-350 passenger vans based at SuperShuttle's Boulder location. Five of the vans were dedicated CNG, five were bi-fuel CNG/gasoline, and three were standard gasoline vans that were used for comparison.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (US)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; USDOE Office of Transportation Technologies (EE-30) (US)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 772435
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP-540-29226
TRN: AH200105%%127
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-99GO10337
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 7 Dec 2000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 02 PETROLEUM; 03 NATURAL GAS; 10 SYNTHETIC FUELS; 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; AIR QUALITY; COLORADO; EVALUATION; GASOLINE; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; OCCUPANTS; PERFORMANCE; SYNTHETIC FUELS; VEHICLES; SUPERSHUTTLE; CNG VEHICLES; PASSENGER VANS; US06 DRIVING CYCLE; SUPPLEMENTAL FEDERAL TEST PROCEDURE; SFTP
Citation Formats
Eudy, L. SuperShuttle CNG Fleet Evaluation--Final Report. United States: N. p., 2000.
Web. doi:10.2172/772435.
Eudy, L. SuperShuttle CNG Fleet Evaluation--Final Report. United States. doi:10.2172/772435.
Eudy, L. Thu .
"SuperShuttle CNG Fleet Evaluation--Final Report". United States.
doi:10.2172/772435. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/772435.
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