SYMPOSIUM ON LPG AND NATURAL GAS AS TRANSPORT FUELS IN AUSTRALIA. UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, NOVEMBER 28, 1978. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS

Abstracts of the following papers are given. Paper 1--The Transport Fuel Dilemma--Patterns of Consumption We Cannot Sustain; Paper 2--Australia's Reserves, Production and Present Utilisation of LPG and Natural Gas; Paper 3--Should We Trade Our LPG and Natural Gas for Oil, or Use Them in Australia? Paper 4--Technical Aspects of Gaseous Fuels; Paper 5--Emissions of Gaseous Hydrocarbon Fuelled Engines; Paper 6--LPG and Natural Gas Conversion Equipment in Principle and Practice; Paper 7--Experience with LPG as an Automotive Fuel; Paper 8--Safety Design Considerations for Vehicles Equipped with a Liquified Petroleum Gas Fuel System; Paper 9--LPG in the Fuel Tank and the Service Station--Safety Aspects; Paper 10--Lubricants for Gas Fueled Engines; Paper 11--Gaseous Fuels and Australia's Energy Policy. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Austrailan Institute of Energy

  191 Royal Parade
  Parkville, Victoria,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Endersbee, L A
  • Ramsay, T H
  • Hocking, D M
  • Price, L B
  • WATSON, H C
  • Butson, K S
  • Nicholson, A J
  • Pound, F R
  • Kilmartin, J P
  • Wilson, A W
  • Newman, K
• Publication Date: 1978

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Energy; Exhaust gases; Fuel consumption; Fuels; Hydrocarbons; Natural gas; Petroleum; Policy; Vehicle design; Vehicle safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular safety
• ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 8525: Conference; 2442: Emission; 3850: Fuel; 232: Fuel consumption; 6734: Gas; 3839: Lubrication; 9048: Modification; 1334: Motor; 173: Policy; 1665: Safety; 3855: Technology; 1155: Transport
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Geotechnology; Highways; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00330500
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 9 1981 12:00AM