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With increasing emphasis on air quality, clean-burning fuels such as hydrogen and methane make prime candidates for use in internal combustion engines [1–10]. In addition to reduced emissions, a cost savings may be realized in using gaseous fuels [9,10]. This economic advantage is primarily due to the increasing price of gasoline and the absence of a tax schedule on natural gas as a motor fuel. Taxation, scarcity of gaseous fuels, and concomitant increasing gas prices could eliminate the economic incentive [10] to convert gasoline-powered vehicles to gaseous fuel operation. Exhaust emissions are greatly reduced with hydrogen or methane fuels; hydrogen-fueled autos [11] already satisfy 1975–1976 Federal emission standards, while methane-fueled vehicles [10,12] apparently do not quite meet these rigid specifications.
Study performed at the National Bureau of Standards and sponsored, in part, by the General Services Administration.
The Compressed Gas Association is cooperating with the State of California and DoT to develop specifications for the design and construction of LNG motor fuel containers.
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Arvidson, J.M., Hord, J., Mann, D.B. (1960). Dispersion of Hydrogen or Methane Fuels Released into an Automobile Interior. In: Timmerhaus, K.D., Weitzel, D.H. (eds) Advances in Cryogenic Engineering. Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, vol 21. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0208-8_48
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