Natural gas-powered cars and trucks : options and issues / Hayley Ackerman, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ackerman, Hayley, editor.

Series:

Transportation issues, policies and R&D series.

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural gas vehicles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (104 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The increase in domestic supplies of natural gas has raised new interest in expanding its use in the transportation sector. This book considers issues related to wider use of natural gas as a fuel in passenger cars and commercial vehicles. This book is designed to help fleets understand the cost factors associated with fueling infrastructure for compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles. It provides estimated cost ranges for various sizes and types of CNG fueling stations and an overview of factors that contribute to the total cost of an installed station; and describes how the National Renewable

Contents:

""NATURAL GAS-POWERED CARS AND TRUCKS: OPTIONS AND ISSUES""; ""NATURAL GAS-POWERED CARS AND TRUCKS: OPTIONS AND ISSUES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: NATURAL GAS FOR CARS AND TRUCKS: OPTIONS AND CHALLENGES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CHANGE IN U.S. NATURAL GAS SUPPLY""; ""VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES USING NATURAL GAS""; ""PROSPECTS FOR GROWTH""; ""EMISSIONS AND FUEL ECONOMY""; ""EXISTING FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS""; ""CONGRESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT""

""Chapter 2: COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS VEHICLE FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE""""INTRODUCTION""; ""CNG STATION OVERVIEW""; ""FACTORS AFFECTING CNG STATION COSTS""; ""USER NEEDS AND ACCESS""; ""INSTALLATION AND SITE PARAMETERS""; ""STATION DESIGN""; ""OTHER FACTORS TO CONSIDER""; ""ESTIMATED CNG STATION COSTS""; ""EQUIPMENT COSTS""; ""ADDITIONAL RESOURCES""; ""Chapter 3: BUSINESS CASE FOR COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS IN MUNICIPAL FLEETS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""VICE MODEL BASELINE PARAMETERS""; ""CNG PROJECT Q&A""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""GLOSSARY AND ACRONYMS""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 28, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63463-972-3

OCLC:

903489086