CNG compositions in texas and the effects of composition on emissions, fuel economy, and driveability of NGVs

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Matthews, Ron ^a   Chiu, James ^b   Hilden, Dave ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FUELS; GRAVITATION; SURVEYS;

AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; DRIVING RANGE; ENERGY DENSITY; FUEL PROPERTIES; HEATING VALUE; NATIONAL SURVEYS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; TAILPIPE EMISSION;

FUEL ECONOMY;

EID: 85072468748     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/962097     Document Type: Conference Paper

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