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California Alcohol Fleet Vehicle Program
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During the past decade, methanol and ethanol have received growing attention as supplements and replacements for petroleum based fuels. The alcohols can increase power and thermal efficiency over gasoline while reducing oxides of nitrogen emissions. This evidence has resulted in the State of California initiating fleet experiments using pure alcohols. The purposes of these experiments and early evidence from these fleets are incorporated with other engine and vehicle evidence in this paper to indicate a possible evolutionary path for alcohol use as a transportation fuel in the United States.
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Pefley, R., Ernst, R., and Bailey, J., "California Alcohol Fleet Vehicle Program," SAE Technical Paper 811405, 1981, https://doi.org/10.4271/811405.Also In
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- Proceedings from the “Methanol as a Fuel” Stockholm, Sweden 1976
- Proceedings from the Second International Symposium on Alcohol Fuels Technology Wolfsburg, Germany 1977
- Proceedings from the Third International Symposium on Alcohol Fuels Technology Asilomar, California, USA 1979
- Proceedings from the Fourth International Symposium on Alcohol Fuels Technology Guaruja, Brazil 1980
- Pefley, R.K. et al. “Characterization and Research Investigation of Alcohol Fuels in Automobile Engines - Final Report” DOE Contract No.E-AC03-78CS 1980
- Hirao, O. “Potential of Alcohol as an Alternative Fuel for Internal Combustion Engines” presented at the ASME Emerging Technology Conferences San Francisco, California 1980