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    Compressed natural gas (CNG) is methane that is compressed and stored at high pressures, typically between 2,900-3,600 psi. CNG is used as a fuel in modified gasoline engines or engines designed specifically for CNG. It produces fewer harmful emissions than gasoline or diesel. CNG is used worldwide in vehicles like taxis, buses, and trucks due to its lower cost compared to gasoline. While CNG vehicles are growing in numbers, high costs of fuel storage tanks have limited more widespread adoption, though costs are decreasing over time.

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    Compressed natural gas (CNG) is methane that is compressed and stored at high pressures, typically between 2,900-3,600 psi. CNG is used as a fuel in modified gasoline engines or engines designed specifically for CNG. It produces fewer harmful emissions than gasoline or diesel. CNG is used worldwide in vehicles like taxis, buses, and trucks due to its lower cost compared to gasoline. While CNG vehicles are growing in numbers, high costs of fuel storage tanks have limited more widespread adoption, though costs are decreasing over time.

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    Compressed natural gas (CNG) is methane that is compressed and stored at high pressures, typically between 2,900-3,600 psi. CNG is used as a fuel in modified gasoline engines or engines designed specifically for CNG. It produces fewer harmful emissions than gasoline or diesel. CNG is used worldwide in vehicles like taxis, buses, and trucks due to its lower cost compared to gasoline. While CNG vehicles are growing in numbers, high costs of fuel storage tanks have limited more widespread adoption, though costs are decreasing over time.

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    6/30/23, 6:50 PM Compressed natural gas - Wikipedia

    Compressed natural gas


    Compressed natural gas (CNG) is a fuel gas mainly composed of methane (CH4), compressed to less than 1% of
    the volume it occupies at standard atmospheric pressure. It is stored and distributed in hard containers at a
    pressure of 20–25 megapascals (2,900–3,600 psi), usually in cylindrical or spherical shapes.

    CNG is used in traditional petrol/internal combustion engine vehicles that have been modified, or in vehicles
    specifically manufactured for CNG use: either alone (dedicated), with a segregated liquid fuel system to extend
    range (dual fuel), or in conjunction with another fuel (bi-fuel). It can be used in place of petrol (gasoline), diesel
    fuel, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). CNG combustion produces fewer undesirable gases than the
    aforementioned fuels. In comparison to other fuels, natural gas poses less of a threat in the event of a spill, because
    it is lighter than air and disperses quickly when released. Biomethane – refined biogas from anaerobic digestion or
    landfills – can be used.

    In response to high fuel prices and environmental concerns, CNG has been used in auto rickshaws, pickup trucks,
    transit and school buses, and trains.

    The cost and placement of fuel storage containers is the major barrier to wider/quicker adoption of CNG as a fuel.
    It is also why municipal government, public transportation vehicles were the most visible early adopters of it, as
    they can more quickly amortize the money invested in the new (and usually cheaper) fuel. In spite of these
    circumstances, the number of vehicles in the world using CNG has grown steadily (30 percent per year).[1] Now, as
    a result of the industry's steady growth, the cost of such fuel storage cylinders has been brought down to a much
    more acceptable level. Especially, for the CNG Type 1 and Type 2 cylinders, many countries are able to make
    reliable and cost effective cylinders for conversion need.[2]

    Energy density
    CNG's energy density is the same as liquefied natural gas at 53.6 MJ/kg. Its volumetric energy density, 9 MJ/L, is
    42 % of that of LNG (22 MJ/L) because it is not liquefied, and is 25 percent that of diesel fuel.[3]

    History
    Gases provided the original fuel for internal combustion engines. The first experiments with compressed gases took
    place in France in the 1850s. Natural gas first became a transport fuel during the First World War. In the 1960s,
    Columbia Natural Gas of Ohio tested a CNG carrier. The ship was to carry compressed natural gas in vertical
    pressure bottles; however, this design failed because of the high cost of the pressure vessels. Since then, there have
    been several attempts at developing a commercially viable CNG carrier. In the past five years, several competing
    CNG ocean transport designs have evolved. Each design proposes a unique approach to optimizing gas transport
    while using as much off-the-shelf technology as possible to keep costs competitive.

    Uses

    Motor vehicles

    Worldwide, there were 14.8 million natural gas vehicles (NGVs) by 2011, with
    the largest numbers in Iran (4.07 million),[4] Pakistan (2.85 million), Argentina
    (2.07 million), Brazil (1.7 million) and India (1.1 million),[5] with the Asia-
    Pacific region leading with 5.7 million NGVs, followed by Latin America with
    almost four million vehicles.[6]

    Several car and vehicle manufacturers, such as Fiat, Opel/General Motors,


    Peugeot, Volkswagen, Toyota, Honda, Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Tata Motors,
    CNG pumps at a Brazilian fueling
    and others, sell bi-fuel cars. In 2006 Fiat Siena Tetrafuel was introduced in the station
    Brazilian market, equipped with a 1.4-litre FIRE engine that runs on E100, E25
    (Standard Brazilian Gasoline), Ethanol, and CNG.

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