100,000-mile evaluation of transit buses operated on biodiesel blends (B20)

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Proc, Kenneth ^a   Barnitt, Robb ^a   Hayes, R Robert ^a   Ratcliff, Matthew ^a   McCormick, Robert L ^a   Ha, Lou ^b   Fang, Howard L ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Regional Transportation District ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; BLENDING; BUS TRANSPORTATION; COSTS; ENGINES; FUEL ECONOMY; FUEL SYSTEMS; MAINTENANCE; NITROGEN OXIDES; POWERTRAINS; ROADS AND STREETS;

AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; BIO-DIESEL BLENDS; COMPONENT REPLACEMENT; LABORATORY TESTING; MAINTENANCE COST; PETROLEUM DIESEL; SYSTEM MAINTENANCE; VEHICLE MAINTENANCE;

BUSES;

EID: 85072415542     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2006-01-3253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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