An evaluation of natural gas versus diesel in medium-duty buses

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Frailey, Mike ^a   Norton, Paul ^a   Clark, Nigel N ^b   Lyons, Donald W ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; NATURAL GAS; OPERATING COSTS;

DIESEL BUS; FUEL EFFICIENCY; LOWER OPERATING COSTS; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; OXIDES OF NITROGEN; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRANSIT BUS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

BUSES;

EID: 85072470301     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2000-01-2822     Document Type: Conference Paper

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