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To: calex59

It may be geography-dependent, but here in NE ohio, there are plenty of fleet vehicles and busses running on LNG (Liquified Natural Gas). For obvious reasons, the local NG utility has a bunch.

The big problem, as I understand it is the L in LNG. NG is methane, and holding enough to provide any reasonable range requires that it be liquified, which requires high pressures to do so and a suitable pressure vessel to carry it around. Once that’s in place, the conversion is pretty trivial, except for the cost of satisfying the EPA trolls.

Liquifying NG also requires a fair amount of energy to run the compressors.

It’s definitely do-able if there was some external factor driving a large scale conversion, but there’s a good reason liquid transportation fuels dominate the market.


51 posted on 12/04/2012 5:59:08 AM PST by chrisser (Starve the Monkeys!)
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To: chrisser
The big problem, as I understand it is the L in LNG. NG is methane, and holding enough to provide any reasonable range requires that it be liquified, which requires high pressures to do so and a suitable pressure vessel to carry it around.

LNG is not pressurized, it is cooled down to -260°F.

The pressurized systems, often 3,000~3,600 psi are CNG, compressed natural gas. It has more volume requirement but does not require cryogenics.

52 posted on 12/04/2012 6:04:03 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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