City of Los Angeles Experience With a Methanol-Fueled Dump Truck

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Montemayor, Alan, author.

Conference Name:

Future Transportation Technology Conference and Exposition (1992-08-10 : Los Angeles, California, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1992

Summary:

THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES operated a methanol-fueled dump truck for a period of 23 months. The vehicle was in asphalt paving service and was equipped with a Cummins L10 engine fueled with 95 percent methanol and 5 percent Avocet ignition improver. The City operated a control vehicle, equipped with a diesel-fueled Cummins L10, at the same location in similar service. The methanol-fueled truck was initially not equipped with a catalytic converter but one was added during the course of the demonstration. The methanol-fueled truck fueled at a City of Los Angeles fueling facility dedicated to this vehicle. During the demonstration period, fuel consumption, uptime, vehicle performance and steady state emissions were measured

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Publisher Number:

921536

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license