Open AccessMaintenance and operation of the US Alternative Fuel Center
Author(s) -
J. Erwin,
J.L. Ferrill,
D.L. Hetrick
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/164933
Subject(s) - gasoline , alternative fuels , renewable fuels , waste management , renewable energy , scope (computer science) , alternative fuel vehicle , synthetic fuel , engineering , coal , fossil fuel , logistics center , energy source , production (economics) , diesel fuel , computer science , operations research , economics , biochemistry , chemistry , programming language , electrical engineering , catalysis , macroeconomics
The Alternative Fuels Utilization Program (AFUP) of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has investigated the possibilities and limitations of expanded scope of fuel alternatives and replacement means for transportation fuels from alternative sources. Under the AFUP, the Alternative Fuel Center (AFC) was created to solve problems in the DOE programs that were grappling with the utilization of shale oil and coal liquids for transportation fuels. This report covers the first year at the 3-year contract. The principal objective was to assist the AFUP in accomplishing its general goals with two new fuel initiatives selected for tasks in the project year: (1) Production of low-sulfur, low-olefin catalytically cracked gasoline blendstock; and (2) production of low-reactivity/low-emission gasoline. Supporting goals included maintaining equipment in good working order, performing reformulated gasoline tests, and meeting the needs of other government agencies and industries for fuel research involving custom processing, blending, or analysis of experimental fuels
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