Will CNG threaten your future loads
Journal Article
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· Butane-Propane News; (United States)
OSTI ID:6243344
A campaign to promote the use of natural gas as a fleet fuel is described and as a result, CNG conversions are beginning to take hold in some market segments. Only a few months after Ford Motor Co. announced production plans for an LPG-powered line of Granada/Cougar models, it unveiled an alternative-fuels concept car - a short-ranged metro sportscar - that could be ordered by the customer with any of four fuel systems (CNG, propane, ethanol, or methanol) offered on a dedicated or single-fuel basis. By including CNG in its alternative-fuels concept, Ford not only gave a boost to efforts to build a motor fuel load for natural gas, but also indicated that CNG, as well as propane, is a viable alternative to gasoline in some applications. Recent reports of advances in CNG technology that enhance its potential as a motor fuel - together with other reports of at least one US firm launching production of a CNG motor fuel system and of several companies already marketing them - might be cause for the LPG industry to take another look at CNG's competitive potential.
- OSTI ID:
- 6243344
- Journal Information:
- Butane-Propane News; (United States), Journal Name: Butane-Propane News; (United States) Vol. 14; ISSN BUPNA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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