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Buses Savings
Bus
Co - Asia (Singapore Bus Company)
Bus # 530 - 287 - 7159 - 3664 - 3673 - (Dec/1996)
"
Increases range of reductions 16% to 31%. Also reduction from HSU pollution
tests. "
College
Bus Co - US (Colorado State Univ)
"
Increase mileage by 21%."
Wagner
Tours and Travel - US (2000)
#
1319
Vehicle# 892
UNIT CODE # DO-8
Installed 6/5/00
Quanity = 1
Gals per Tank = 148
Avg'd price gal fuel = $1.34
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Per
Gal = $1.30 |
Opr/maint
= $0.04 |
| Summary: |
<Before> |
<After> |
<Difference> |
<Savings> |
| M
P G = |
5.5 |
7.4 |
1.9 |
35.29% |
| Tank
fills per month = |
6.1 |
5.2 |
-0.9 |
-15.00% |
| Fuel
costs monthly = |
$1,217.37 |
$1,034.77 |
($182.61) |
-15.00% |
| Fuel
costs Yearly = |
$14,608.49 |
$12,417.22 |
($2,191.27) |
-15.00% |
| Fuel
costs per mile = |
$0.24 |
$0.18 |
($0.06) |
-26.09% |
| Gallons
per month = |
909.2 |
772.8 |
(136.4) |
-15.00% |
| Miles
per month = |
5,000.4 |
5,750.5 |
750.1 |
15.00% |
| Avg'd
miles per Year = |
60,005 |
69,006 |
9,001 |
15.00% |
| Estimated
Fuel Savings = = |
15.00%
<actuals not available> |
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"Baseline" |
1st Reading |
2nd Reading |
| Date
=
Time
= |
6/5/2000
10:10
am |
6/5/2000
11:50
am |
6/19/2000
9:15
am |
| Mileage
=
Diff
= |
136,614.2
147,543 |
136,614.2
0 |
138,045.9
1,432 |
| Opacity
= |
54.6 |
46.5 |
45.5 |
| Difference
= = = =
Reduction
= = = = |
-8.1
-14.8% |
-9.1
-16.7% |
Paybacks:
9.3 Mths "or" 46,703 Miles
(Based on yearly consumption savings - yearly emissions reductions = 85%)
School
System (East Chicago School System)
Installed
on mini school bus and regular school bus for school system using Bacharach 450
emissions testing machine. Results showed significant reduction in emissions.
Regular bus uses bio-diesel fuel (costing more than regular diesel), which can only be used
seasonally because of temperature/thickness of fuel during colder weather.
School Bus = Aug 21, 2003
94 Degree F Temp.
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BEFORE/ppm |
AFTER/ppm |
REDUCTION |
CO = |
11,933 |
23 |
-99.81% |
HC = |
.36% |
.05% |
-86% |
SO2 = |
9 |
1 |
-89% |
NOX = |
40 |
0 |
-100% |
( ABC news did a story on the pollution/emission performance Sept/2003 )
25% Increase MPG - (School Buses - East Chicago School System)
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