The texas project, part 4-final results: Emissions and fuel economy of CNG and LPG conversions of light-duty vehicles

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Wu, D Y ^a   Matthews, R D ^a   Popova, E T ^a   Mock, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFORMULATED GASOLINE; TESTING;

AFTERMARKET CONVERSIONS; CONTROL VEHICLES; CYCLE TESTS; FEDERAL TEST PROCEDURES; LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES; PHASE 1; VEHICLE MODEL;

FUEL ECONOMY;

EID: 85072477754     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/982446     Document Type: Conference Paper

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