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CNG Vehicles
TEXT: CNG term: Compressed Natrual Gas , sometimes also known as NGV
or
Natural Gas Vehicle
CNG are methane gas that is compressed into cylinder for transportation
and the methane are maintain
in gaseous form. The pressure maintain can range from 250 Bar to 300
Bar. Due to the extreme high
pressure , cylinder use have to be certified and inspect regularly.
Generally as a rule of time a CNG thermal
energy per cu ft is 1/4 of a typical Gasoline thermal volume. In other
words we need 4 times a volume of space to store the same energy
capacity of CNG in compressed form.
For more information on CNG, please refer to our related site at :
http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/altfuel/natural_gas.html
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