The texas project: Part 1-emissions and fuel economy of aftermarket CNG and LPG conversions of light-duty vehicles

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Matthews, R D ^a   Chiu, J ^a   Zheng, J ^a   Wu, D Y ^a   Dardalis, D ^a   Shen, K ^a   Roberts, C ^a   Hall, M J ^a   Ellzey, J L ^a   Mock, C ^b   Wicker, R B ^c   Jaeger, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Alternative Fuels Lab

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^d Texas Railroad Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLEET OPERATIONS; GASOLINE; TRUCKS;

AFTERMARKET CONVERSIONS; GASOLINE OPERATIONS; LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS; LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES; SPECIFIC VEHICLES; TEST MATRIX; VEHICLE APPLICATIONS; VEHICLE TYPES;

FUEL ECONOMY;

EID: 85072463220     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/962098     Document Type: Conference Paper

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