Opening Session:  Are we ready to become an industry?

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National? Continental? Global?

3

John Russell, U. S. Department of Energy (Presentation unavailable at time of Publication)

Coalition Building Among the Energy Industries

4

Fred Potter, Information Resources Inc. (Presentation unavailable at time of publication)

“Fueling” the Environmental Collaboration of the European Motor and Oil Industries

5

Francis Palmer - Coordinating European Council

Potential for Future Industry-Government Agreements on Alternative Fuels – A Progress Report from the NAICC Transportation Group

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Peter Reilly-Roe - Natural Resources Canada and Tony Rockingham - Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy

Session 1 – Panel Discussion

Are the OEM’s Committed, and is the Technology Ready?

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(Presentations unavailable at time of publication)

Session 2:  Infrastructure Issues

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Learning from Experience: What Have Activities Under AMFA, EPACT, and Other Programs Taught Us?

97

Thomas J. Timbario, P/ E - EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc.

LNG Fueling for Transportation - The Next Generation of LNG Fueling Stations

107

Zoher Meratla- CDS Research Ltd., Norman Trusler - BC Gas Utility Ltd. (Other presentations unavailable at time of publication)

Session 3:  International Links

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Meeting the European Emissions Challenge

119

Glynn M. Thomas - British Gas plc., George Tilley - Business Gas, Brett Nelson - GFI Control Systems Inc.

Stoichiometric and Lean Burn H. D. Engines- A Dilemma Between Exhaust Emissions and Fuel Consumption

145

Marcel van der Steen, J. de Rijke, J. J. Seppen - TNO Road Vehicles Institute, The Netherlands

159

A Low Pressure Natural Gas Vehicle Storage System

T. L. Cook - Atlanta Gas Light Co., C. Komodromos - British Gas Plc., D. F. Quinn - Royal Military College of Canada, S. Ragan, Sutcliffe Speakman - Carbons plc.

Detroit Diesel Series 50 Propane Demonstration Project

168

James A. Gray Detroit Diesel Corporation (Presentation unavailable at time of publication)

Session 4: Propane

169

Propane Vehicle Technology – Present and Future

171

Shawn Yates - Chrysler Canada Ltd.

Injected Heavy Duty Propane Engine

177

G. Campbell Perry, Bibi Ursu - B. C. Research Inc., Tony Filetti, Mogas Doug Yip - Digicon Engineering

Session 5: Engine Developments

199

Design and Development of a Novel, Fuel Injection System for Dimethyl Ether

201

Jim McCandless - AVL Powertrain Engineering, Inc.

Development of Ignition System & Combustion Monitoring Technology for Premixed Charge Alternative Fueled Engines

231

David Gardiner, Robert Mallory, Marc Todesco, Greg Pucher - Thermotech Engineering, Michael Bardon - Royal Military College of Canada

Development of Ignition System and Combustion Monitoring Technology for Premixed Charge Alternative Fueled Engines

231

David Gardiner, Robert Mallory, Marc Todesco, Greg Pucher - Thermotech Engineering, Michael Bardon, Royal Military - College of Canada

Biodiesel – An Update

245

Steve Howell - National Biodiesel Board, Leon Schumacher - University of Missouri/Columbia, Wendel Goetz - ORTECH Corporation (Presentation unavailable at time of publication)

Session 6:  How Clean are Alternative Fuels?

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Comparison of Natural Gas & Gasoline Vehicle Emissions Under Standard and Non-Standard Driving Conditions

248

Louis Lautman, William Liss - Gas Research Institute, Christopher Weaver - EF&EE

277

Direct Comparison of CNG, Methanol and Gasoline Ford Taurus’ In Fleet Operation in New York

Richard Bechtold, Arthur Vatsky, Christopher Moog, Ajay Yeine - EA Engineering

Thermal Management of an Ethanol Fueled Ford Taurus Catalytic Converter

291

Matt Keyser, NREL  (Presentation unavailable at time of publication)

Session 7:  Heavy Duty Alternative Fuel Engines Present and Future

293

Cummins Heavy Duty Natural Gas Products

295

Don Welliver - Cummins Engine Co., Inc.

Cummins Heavy Duty Natural Gas Products

295

Don Welliver - Cummins Engine Co., Inc.

Mack’s LNG Program

317

John Bartel - Mack Truck, James Cole - Southwest Research Institute

Fuel Options for Fuel Cell Powered Transit Buses

333

Robert Wimmer, James Larkins - Georgetown University

Session 8:  California Zev Commercialization Efforts

345

California’s Clean Cities Electric Vehicle Incentive Program

347

Lois Wright- Electric Transportation Dept., Sacramento Municipal Utility District, (Other presentations unavailable at time of publication)

Session 9:  In-Use Experience

361

NREL’s Experience with Aftermarket Conversions

363

Rob Motta, Ken Kelly - NREL

391

NREL’s Transit Bus Evaluation Program

Paul Norton, Rob Motta - NREL

Troubleshooting High Emissions form In-Service AF Heavy Duty Vehicles & Buses

421

Nigel Clark - West Virginia University

Poster Session

439

Final List of Participants

513