ALTERNATIVE FUELS FOR TRANSPORTATION APPLICATIONS
In the area of fuels for transportation, there is movement away from a nearly monolithic fuel structure to a multi-layered structure with a number of fuels finding their particular niche. During the next 15 to 20 years, this diversification should continue with the result being a system far more efficient than the current one. Design of vehicles, cost of fuel, and fuel availability will change to reflect this trend. Although gasoline-alcohol blends will dominate the transportation fuel sector, propane, natural gas, and straight alcohol fuels will each have a market in the future. The only fuel that will not be used to a significant extent will be hydrogen. (Author)
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- Blake, S E
- Publication Date: 1986-3
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- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Photos;
- Pagination: p. 31-33
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Serial:
- TR News
- Issue Number: 123
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0738-6826
- Serial URL: https://doi.org/10.17226/895
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alcohols; Alternate fuels; Demand; Forecasting; Gasohol; Hydrogen; Market share; Natural gas; Propane
- Old TRIS Terms: Propane fuel
- Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00456176
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Jul 31 1986 12:00AM