Evaluation of the economics of conversion to compressed natural gas for a municipal bus fleet

Energy Science and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 118-127

  Yang, Lin ^a   Tyner, Wallace E ^a   Sarica, Kemal ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bus fleet economic analysis; Bus fleet environmental analysis; Compressed natural gas (CNG); Hybrid diesel electric

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; BUSES; COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS; COSTS; DIESEL FUELS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FLEET OPERATIONS; GAS EMISSIONS; GASES; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYBRID VEHICLES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION;

BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS; BUS FLEETS; COMPRESSED NATURAL GASSES (CNG); ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; HYBRID DIESEL-ELECTRIC; NATURAL-GAS PRODUCTION; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; SPREADSHEET MODELING;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84908459222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20500505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ese3.14     Document Type: Article

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