Alternative Fuels For Military Applications

Author : James T. Bartis
Publisher : RAND Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780833050007
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alternative Fuels for Military Applications written by James T. Bartis and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 2011-01-24 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The military services have established programs geared toward reducing dependence on the use of petroleum-derived fuels in tactical weapon systems. This monograph examines alternative fuels that are candidates for military applications, focusing on economic viability, greenhouse gas emissions, military utility, and current alternative fuel development, testing, and certification efforts within the Department of Defense.

Author : Rasmus Klavan
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781628082333
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alternative Fuel Use by the Department of Defense written by Rasmus Klavan and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides background information and identifies issues for Congress regarding Department of Defense (DOD) alternative fuel initiatives, an issue of considerable attention during hearings in 2012 on DOD's FY2013 budget. Ongoing alternative fuel efforts of the DOD and the military services include purchases of alternative fuels for testing and evaluation, as well as the certification of alternative fuels for use in service fleets. In addition, the Navy, in co-ordination with the Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture, intends to spur domestic advanced biofuel production at a commercial scale using the authority of the Defense Production Act. The services (Army, Navy, and Air Force) have spent approximately $48 million on alternative fuels, and the Navy has proposed a $170 million investment in biofuel production capacity. An overview of the DOD's alternative fuels policy and data on DOD's alternative fuels purchase to date, as well as the status of testing platforms on alternative fuel blends and the certification of those blends for fleet-wide use within the services is also discussed.

Author : Loren Murphy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781634845502
Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alternative Fuel Investments by the Department of Defense written by Loren Murphy and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Defense (DOD) is the single largest consumer of energy in the federal government, spending billions of dollars annually on petroleum fuels to support military operations. One of DOD's strategic operational energy goals is to expand its energy supply options. Investing in alternative fuels--liquid fuels, derived from non-petroleum feedstocks, whose use does not necessitate any modifications to platforms and equipment--represents one means of potentially achieving this goal. This book reviews the extent to which DOD has purchased alternative fuels, and has demonstrated these fuels can meet its safety, performance, and reliability standards; has a process for purchasing alternative fuels for military operations that takes into consideration any cost differences between alternative and conventional fuels; and has used the DPA authorities to promote the development of a domestic biofuel industry.

Author : Katherine Blakeley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781457842269
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book DOD Alternative Fuels written by Katherine Blakeley and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-21 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309440998
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Commercial Aircraft Propulsion and Energy Systems Research written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary human activities that release carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere are the combustion of fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and oil) to generate electricity, the provision of energy for transportation, and as a consequence of some industrial processes. Although aviation CO2 emissions only make up approximately 2.0 to 2.5 percent of total global annual CO2 emissions, research to reduce CO2 emissions is urgent because (1) such reductions may be legislated even as commercial air travel grows, (2) because it takes new technology a long time to propagate into and through the aviation fleet, and (3) because of the ongoing impact of global CO2 emissions. Commercial Aircraft Propulsion and Energy Systems Research develops a national research agenda for reducing CO2 emissions from commercial aviation. This report focuses on propulsion and energy technologies for reducing carbon emissions from large, commercial aircraftâ€" single-aisle and twin-aisle aircraft that carry 100 or more passengersâ€"because such aircraft account for more than 90 percent of global emissions from commercial aircraft. Moreover, while smaller aircraft also emit CO2, they make only a minor contribution to global emissions, and many technologies that reduce CO2 emissions for large aircraft also apply to smaller aircraft. As commercial aviation continues to grow in terms of revenue-passenger miles and cargo ton miles, CO2 emissions are expected to increase. To reduce the contribution of aviation to climate change, it is essential to improve the effectiveness of ongoing efforts to reduce emissions and initiate research into new approaches.

Author : J. P. Stucker
Publisher : RAND Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780833015464
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assessment of DoD Fuel Standardization Policies written by J. P. Stucker and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 1994 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the onset of Operation Desert Shield, U.S. authorities designated JP-8 as the single fuel for the battlefield, to be used in all ground and air vehicles. Almost immediately, however, Air Force and Army units were using other fuels, and the policy was soon abandoned. This research finds that although fuel outcomes in ODS/S were almost all positive, primarily because fuels were readily available within the theater and because the host nations provided much of the storage and distribution equipment, the performance of the U.S. units showed much room for and need of improvement. Units were not properly trained or experienced in procedures for injecting military additives into commercial fuels or for using jet fuel in ground vehicles. The preferred fuel in any future contingency will depend on many factors and will not necessarily be JP-8 or any other single fuel. Troops available for deployment to diverse areas must be trained in and ready to use alternative fuels. The weapons, vehicles, and equipment to be deployed with them must operate effectively on any of those fuels.

Author : David M. Oaks
Publisher : Rand Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0833046667
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Value and Impacts of Alternative Fuel Distribution Concepts written by David M. Oaks and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2009 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document describes a study done for the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM) to assess future needs for temporary petroleum pipeline structure. At the time this work was begun, the Army was weighing further development of a new pipeline capability, the Rapidly Installed Fuel Transfer System (RIFTS), and also conducting its normal cycle of future force structure planning. This project reviewed historical uses of temporary pipelines and surveyed future scenarios in order to develop a broad list of potential pipeline requirements. Next, against this list of likely requirements, the performance of several fuel distribution options -- including existing and planned pipeline units and equipment, new pipeline options, and the use of trucks -- was assessed across a variety of performance dimensions. The analytic results pointed to no clearly best choice. Instead, the preferred course of action is very sensitive to the decisionmaker's assessment of the environment and weighting among the importance of the different performance dimensions. A decision-support table to help the decisionmaker with this assessment is provided along with supplementary recommendations on near-term investment of reset funds and the reallocation of personnel within existing petroleum pipeline unit designs. The findings in this document should be of interest to those engaged with future Army logistics support force structure requirements.

Author : Zina D. Merritt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781457869990
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defense Energy written by Zina D. Merritt and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-05 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Defense (DOD) is the single largest consumer of energy in the federal government, spending billions of dollars annually. One of DOD's strategic operational energy goals is to expand its energy supply options. Investing in alternative fuels -- liquid fuels, derived from non-petroleum feedstocks, whose use does not necessitate any modifications to platforms and equipment -- represents one means of potentially achieving this goal. This report reviewed the extent to which DOD (1) has purchased alternative fuels, and has demonstrated they can meet its safety, performance, and reliability standards; (2) has a process for purchasing alternative fuels for military operations that takes into consideration any cost differences between alternative and conventional fuels; and (3) has used the Defense Production Act (DPA) authorities to promote the development of a domestic biofuel industry. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Energy Development and Applications
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alternate Liquid Fuels Technology written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Energy Development and Applications and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher A. Simon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538116383
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alternative Energy written by Christopher A. Simon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of Alternative Energy: Political, Economic, and Social Feasibility builds on the first edition, but with significant updates on dramatic changes within the renewable energy sector over the last decade. Christopher Simon discusses the basic technical aspects of major renewable energy systems and technological developments and considers the impact of politics on energy policy using contemporary theories of public policy—such as, Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF), Punctuated Equilibrium (PE), Narrative Policy Framework, and Policy Diffusion—as well as discussing the evolution of the social feasibility of renewable energy. The author expands his discussion of alternative energy solutions to consider nuclear power developments and feasibility in the post-Fukushima policy environment. International commitment to renewable energy is also addressed.