To: Yo-Yo
A gallon of gasoline is higher BTU than a ‘gallon’ of nat gas by about 35 percent but the plentiful supply and other advantages should cancel some of this out. I'd bet a method could be devised to speed the fueling time much more cheaply than the cost of turning it into a liquid.
To: Eric in the Ozarks
A gallon of gasoline is higher BTU than a ‘gallon’ of nat gas by about 35 percent You can only get that BTU comparison by chilling Natural Gas it to -260° F and turning it into a liquid. The BTUs of compressed natural gas varies by how much you compress it.
Using the Gasoline Gallon Equivalent (GGE), you need .5 cu. ft. of CNG at 3,600 PSI to equal one gallon of gasoline. So to replace an 18 gallon gasoline tank, you need to store 36 cubic feet of CNG at 3,600 PSI.
12 posted on
05/02/2011 8:11:12 AM PDT by
Yo-Yo
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
The average person has trouble filling their tires with 35 pounds of air pressure.
You really want that same person filling their fuel tank with 3600 pounds of explosives?
14 posted on
05/02/2011 10:27:06 AM PDT by
Balding_Eagle
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