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Compressed Natural Gas
Clean Air Express Nine MCI-9 buses (Greyhound type) carry more than 325 commuters daily from neighboring cities to work in Goleta/Santa
Barbara; four buses powered by Caterpillar dual-fuel engines (CNG and diesel), five by diesel engines. Plans include converting the diesel
units to duel fuel or CNG.
Light Duty Vehicles Retrofitted 26 automobiles to operate on CNG for
City of Santa Maria and County of Santa Barbara.
Refueling Stations Constructed CNG refueling stations in cities of
Santa Maria, Lompoc, and Santa Barbara.
School Buses Retrofitted two school buses with Navistar CNG engines;
equipped 15 new school buses with John Deere CNG engines for Lompoc Unified School District.
Solid Waste Transfer Trucks Retrofitted 2 large (Class 9) trucks owned by County of Santa Barbara with Cummins diesel engines to
operate on CNG.
Fuel Cell Projects Replaced diesel-powered generators at UC Santa Barbara, County Jail, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, with natural
gas-powered fuel cells.
Cleaner Burning Diesel
Agriculture Water Pumps Funded cash incentives to farmers to replace
older diesel-powered water pumps with low-NOx engines.
Construction Equipment Repowered Case 580C backhoe with turbocharged,
charge-air-cooled Cummins diesel engine (20% reduction in NOx). Developed and retrofitted Caterpillar 3306B DITA-powered scraper
with low-NOx technologies (injection timing retard, high pressure injectors, optimized fuel-air ratio controller (for a 40% reduction in
NOx).
Marine Repower Programs Repowered Sea Landings 6 large passenger
carrying fishing and diving boats with low-NOx electronically controlled Detroit Diesel or Cummins main engines (60% reduction in NOx). Replaced
main and/or auxiliary generator engines in 21 commercial trawlers with low-NOx engines. Repowered one crew (Ace High), supply (Sea Tide) and
whale-watching (Condor) boat with electronically-controlled Detroit Diesel engines (60% reduction in
NOx).
Solid Waste Transfer Trucks Developed low-NOx technologies for new
1991 Cummins engine (enhanced intake air cooling, reprogrammed engine computer; 20% reduction in
NOx).
Natural Gas
Agriculture Boiler Initiative Replaced burners in large boilers heating
commercial greenhouses with low-NOx burners. Five boilers retrofitted to date; an additional 20 to 40 boilers to be retrofitted.
Allison Low-NOx Turbine Will develop and demonstrate low-NOx turbine
(approx. 3.5 MW) combustor to achieve 9 ppm NOx or less with no after-combustion
controls.
Boiler Initiative Funded incentives to boiler owners subject to APCD Rule 342 (Control of NOx from Boilers) to purchase emissions controls that
achieve one-half (or less) of emission limit required by Rule (30 ppmv).
Hybrid-Electric
Transit Buses Purpose-built one 40 bus with Ni-Cd batteries, and retro-fitted
one existing bus with electric motors. Both fitted with low-NOx CNG generators with less than 1 gram
NOx/bhp.
Troop Shuttles Retrofitted three military troop shuttles with electric-drive
motors powered by batteries and low-NOx CNG generator. Generator emissions less than 1 gram
NOx/bhp.
Other
Old Vehicle Buy Back Purchased and scrapped approximately 1,200 pre- 81 automobiles.
Pollution Prevention Initiative Brought together pollution prevention
experts and interested businesses to develop case-by-case ways to reduce solvent emissions from a variety of processes. Converted ROC solvent-based
degreaser to aqueous-based systems at two facilities; identified and demonstrated water-based degreasing units at auto repair facilities.
Wind/Solar Generator Santa Rosa Island Replaced diesel-powered electrical generators at Channel Islands National Park with wind and solar
powered generators.
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