The California steam bus project is summarized in a final report on the development and demonstration of Rankine Cycle external combustion propulsion systems for urban transit vehicles. Project history, organization, and financing are summarized in detail. Three contractors were selected to install steam powerplants in conventional motor coaches, replacing the standard diesel engines, each contractor being paired with the transit system in a different city.
California Steam Bus Project
1973
15 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation & Traffic Planning , Urban transportation , California , Buses(Vehicles) , Steam engines , Feasibility , Organizing , Financing , Substitution , Urban areas , Tests , Projects , Steam buses , Demonstration projects , Oakland(California) , San Francisco(California) , Los Angeles(California)
NTIS | 1973
|NTIS | 1973
Reviewing the California Steam Bus Project*
SAE Technical Papers | 1973
|The California Steam Bus Project: Technical Evaluation
NTIS | 1973
|Steam Power Systems' California Clean Car Project
SAE Technical Papers | 1975
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