TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 146: Guidebook for Evaluating Fuel Choices for Post-2010 Transit Bus Procurements is designed to help those considering the deployment of, or conversion to, alternative fuel buses. The guidebook and life-cycle emissions model spreadsheet (FuelCost2) are intended to aide individuals who, while being quite knowledgeable about the transit industry, may not be familiar with alternative fuels and implementation issues.
The guidebook and FuelCost2 provide tools to simplify the process of developing an alternative fuel strategy by clearly identifying the issues, and the costs and benefits associated with the conversion to various available alternative fuel technologies.
FuelCost2 life-cycle costs and life-cycle emissions spreadsheet is available for download in a Microsoft Excel format. Appendix C of TCRP Report 146 is the user’s guide for the tool. The spreadsheet includes additional instruction for using FuelCost2.
This report updates, expands on, and replaces TCRP Report 38: Guidebook for Evaluating, Selecting, and Implementing Fuel Choices for Transit Bus Operations.
Disclaimer - The FuelCost2 spreadsheet is offered as is, without warranty or promise of support of any kind either expressed or implied. Under no circumstance will the National Academy of Sciences or the Transportation Research Board (collectively “TRB’) be liable for any loss or damage caused by the installation or operations of this product. TRB makes no representation or warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, including without limitation, the warranty of merchantability or the warranty of fitness for a particular purpose, and shall not in any case be liable for any consequential or special damages.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2011. Guidebook for Evaluating Fuel Choices for Post-2010 Transit Bus Procurements. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/22882.
Chapters | skim | |
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Front Matter | i-viii | |
Chapter 1 - Introduction | 1-3 | |
Chapter 2 - Choosing a Fuel | 4-14 | |
Chapter 3 - Diesel | 15-27 | |
Chapter 4 - Biodiesel | 28-43 | |
Chapter 5 - Gasoline | 44-56 | |
Chapter 6 - Ethanol | 57-73 | |
Chapter 7 - Compressed Natural Gas | 74-94 | |
Chapter 8 - Liquefied Natural Gas | 95-110 | |
Chapter 9 - Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine | 111-124 | |
Chapter 10 - Propane | 125-136 | |
Chapter 11 - Dimethyl Ether | 137-148 | |
Chapter 12 - Electric Trolleybus | 149-160 | |
Chapter 13 - Electric Battery | 161-174 | |
Chapter 14 - Electric Hybrid | 175-191 | |
Chapter 15 - Electric Fuel Cell | 192-206 | |
Appendix A - Fuel Properties and Cost Table | 207-207 | |
Appendix B - Conversion of Tailpipe Emissions Units | 208-208 | |
Appendix C - FuelCost2 User s Guide | 209-234 | |
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications | 235-235 |
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