Alternative Fuel Systems Inc. Signs Dual Fuel Project Agreement in Bangkok, Thailand.CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 1999--Alternative Fuel Systems Inc. (AFS A distributed file system for large, widely dispersed Unix and Windows networks from Transarc Corporation, now part of IBM. It is noted for its ease of administration and expandability and stems from Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew File System. AFS - Andrew File System ) and its agent in Asia, Nippon Ecology Work Systems Corp. (ECOS ECOS Environmental Council of States ECOS Embedded Cygnus Operating System ECOS European Environmental Citizens' Organisation for Standardisation ECOS Commission for Economic and Social Policy ECOS Eastern Canada Orchid Society ECOS Evolving Connectionist System ), has signed a Dual Fuel Testing Agreement with the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority of Thailand (BMTA BMTA Backbone Message Transfer Agent BMTA British Measurement and Testing Association BMTA Benton MacKaye Trail Association (Atlanta, GA) BMTA Brilliant Minds Think Alike BMTA Bay Metropolitan Transportation Authority ) and the Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT (1) (Postal, Telegraph & Telephone) The governmental agency responsible for combined postal, telegraph and telephone services in many European countries. (2) See push-to-talk. PTT - Post, Telephone and Telegraph administration ). The project is funded by PTT and ECOS with technical support provided by AFS. In response to serious air quality problems in Bangkok, the Thai Ministry of Industry has assigned PTT the task of expanding utilization of natural gas as an alternative fuel to reduce vehicular emissions. The project is expected to lead to wide-scale conversion of gasoline and diesel engines in Thailand. The objectives of the dual fuel testing project in Metropolitan Bangkok are:
1) To demonstrate improved emission quality from buses converted
with the AFS Dual Fuel Multi-Point Injection System (DDF).
2) To compare engine performance and fuel consumption before and
after installation of the AFS DDF system.
3) To provide DDF technology transfer and training to enable PTT
and its associates to effectively develop programs to expand
the NGV Program in Thailand with the AFS DDF system.
The bus, truck, and car engine types to be tested represent the most common commercial and personal vehicles in use within Bangkok's overall vehicle fleet, namely Hino, Isuzu, Mercedes, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Honda. They range from older models which will be retrofitted with either the Eagle Diesel Dual Fuel (DDF DDF Distributed Data Facility DDF Digital Distribution Frame DDF Director's Discretionary Fund DDF Danske Dagblades Forening DDF District Development Fund (UN) DDF Data Decryption Field DDF Drug and Disease Free ), or Sparrow Gasoline/CNG Fuel Management Systems, to newer models which will be fitted with a DDF system during the original equipment manufacture (OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and ). The use of natural gas (NG) in Thailand as opposed to conventional fuels allows for significant fuel cost savings with a quick payback period, and, being an indigenous energy source, offers higher levels of self-reliance within the country, reducing dependence on imported diesel fuel and crude oils. Currently, one CNG fueling station is operating in Bangkok with plans to build 7 more and to further expand gas infrastructure. AFS and ECOS have been working together for several years developing new business opportunities in the Asian markets. The combined efforts have resulted in the successful conversion of a new Hino bus to a diesel dual-fuel engine meeting Euro 2 emission regulations. The engine is now a commercially viable product, and business opportunities are currently being negotiated. In addition to the Hino engine, new Isuzu and Mitsubishi 4 and 6 cylinder Japanese truck engines are being jointly developed into diesel dual-fuel engines which will meet low emission vehicle California's Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) program defines automotive emission standards which are stricter than the United States' national "Tier" regulations. There have been two major phases. (LEV) status both in Japan and the United States. LEV vehicles can qualify for government subsidies in both countries. The innovative Sparrow and Eagle technologies along with the revolutionary reverse flow catalytic converter (RFC) have positioned AFS on the cutting edge of global efforts to reduce engine emissions. AFS is listed on the Vancouver Stock Exchange Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE) A securities and options exchange in Vancouver, British Columbia, (Canada), specializing in venture capital companies. Vancouver Stock Exchange See Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX). , trading under symbol ATF ATF Molecular virology Activating transcription factor A cellular protein that stimulates transcription of adenovirus E4 transcription unit, which acts early in infection at any of several 'enhancer' binding sites . |
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