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Documents of Interest
What's New... Convert Your Vehicle to
Frequently Asked Questions
Compressed Natural Gas
Honda GX NGV and Why use natural gas as a fuel? How do natural - Safely
Home Refueling
gas vehicles work? Lessons from NGVs to
Appliance now available
in CA and NY What sort of vehicles use natural gas? the Hydrogen Vehicle
How do you fuel a natural gas vehicle? Industry
2008's "greenest car" and Are natural gas vehicles safe? Safety Warning, Acid
a convenient home Where do I fuel up an NGV? Exposure of Comdyne
refueling appliance are
now available to non-fleet
Won't hydrogen fuel cell vehicles solve all the Vehicular CNG Cylinders
customers in CA and NY. problems with todays vehicles?
NGV Cylinder Safety,
For more click here. Where do I find an NGV? Training and Inspection
How does FMVSS 303 apply to alternative fuel Program
conversions?
Natural Gas Vehicle
How do natural gas vehicles work? Codes and Standards
Is “Green Diesel” Really
as Clean as Natural A reciprocating internal combustion engine (like Available NGVs
Gas? those in almost all today's cars and trucks) can and Engines
burn natural gas in place of gasoline or diesel.
Well…not with an honest NGV Incident
The mixture is normally ignited by a spark plug.
“apples-to-apples” Reporting Program
comparison. For more click
here Natural gas is normally a gas, not a liquid. It is CNG Fuel System
stored by being compressed to 3600 psi or Inspector Study Guide
liquefied at -260º F. Compressed Natural Gas Considerations for
NG Bus Engines Meet (CNG) or Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fuel building a Fuel Flexible
2010 Emissions in containers weigh more and take up more space Service Garage
2007! than gasoline or diesel containers. Transit Users Group
Cummins Westport Series Hybrid WEBINAR
introduced stoichiometric
What sort of vehicles use natural gas?
NG engines in 2007 Any sort of vehicle can use natural gas as a fuel.
meeting 2010 emissions Vehicles can use only natural gas (dedicated) or
requirements WITH run on either gasoline or natural gas (bi-fuel). Technical Bulletins
IMPROVED FUEL
There are about 92,000 natural gas vehicles in
ECONOMY. For more click Tech Bulletin 1
here the US and about seven million worldwide. 25%
PRDs
of new transit buses are fueled by clean-burning Tech Bulletin 2
natural gas. Taxicabs, garbage trucks, and school Safety
buses are often fueled with natural gas. Tech Bulletin 4
Container Inspection
How do you fuel a natural gas vehicle? Tech Bulletin 5
Pretty much like you fuel a car or truck. The Comdyne Cylinder Safety
Warning
fueling station and dispenser looks about the
same as a "normal" station. The nozzle and
receptacle are a bit different but an NGV is just as Web links:
easy to fuel and fuels up in about the same Alternative Fuels – General
amount of time. US Department of Energy
Alternative Fuels Data Center
Are natural gas vehicles safe? Alternative Fuels Fueling
Absolutely! In the US there has been only one Station Locator
GREENCAR.Com

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motor vehicle fatality attributed to a failure in the Natural Gas Vehicles
natural gas fueling system. National Alternative Fuels
Training Consortium
Where do I fuel up an NGV? NGVAmerica
There are about 1100 natural gas fueling facilities
Cylinder Inspectors:
in the US, but that doesn't mean natural gas is CSA America Certified CNG
available on every corner. See the website links Cylinder Inspectors
on the right for a list of fueling stations and call
ahead to be sure a station is open to the public. Natural Gas HD Engines:
BAF Technologies
OR, you can put a home refueling device in your Baytech Corporation
garage and refuel at home. See the link to Cummins Westport
FuelMaker. Emission Solutions Inc.
Fueltek Conversion Corp.
Won't hydrogen fuel cell vehicles solve all the Westport Innovations
problems with today's vehicles? Vehicular CNG/LNG
Perhaps, but it will be 20 or 30 years, at least, Storage Vessel
before those vehicles are widely available. And Manufacturers:
there are lots of problems to solve if hydrogen Chart Industries
fuel cell vehicles are ever to become commercial. Dynetek Industries
Faber Industries
Natural gas vehicles operate on a fuel similar to Lincoln Composites
hydrogen, so many have viewed NGVs as the Luxfer Gas Cylinders
"pathway to hydrogen." Structural Composites Ind

Where do I find an NGV? Fuel Station Equipment and

Systems Packagers:
Honda sells new light-duty NGVs in the US (see) Allied Equipment
Heavy duty buses are available from New Flyer, ANGI International
Orion, NABI and others and heavy trucks are built AVSG
by a number of manufacturers. OR you can get Chart Industries
Clean Energy Fuels
an "up-fitted" new or used vehicle from a number
CP Industries
of converters meeting all government safety and Exterran
emissions requirements (see). Faber Industries
FuelMaker
How does FMVSS 303 apply to alternative fuel GreenField Compression
conversions? IMW Industries
Vehicle fuel system conversions are addressed in Kraus Global
OPW
certain NHTSA provisions, whose application P.C. McKenzie Co.
depends on when the work is done and who does Parker Hannefin
the conversion. Under the statute and NHTSA's Pinnacle
regulations, the first consumer purchase is the Seitz Valve
TransEco Energy/NC-CNG
critical event by which certain responsibilities are TrilliumUSA
specified. If your conversion system were Tulsa Gas Technologies
installed as original equipment on a new vehicle, Xebec
the vehicle manufacturer would be required by
Natural Gas Vehicle Engine
our certification regulations to certify that the Retrofit System
entire vehicle (with your product installed) Manufacturers (SVMs):
satisfies the requirements of all applicable BAF Technologies
FMVSS's, including the CNG fuel system Baytech Corporation
FuekTek Technologies
standard once that FMVSS takes effect. If your
Impco Technologies
conversion system were added to a new, Natural Drive
previously-certified vehicle (e.g., a new TransEco Energy/Altech-Eco
completed school bus), the person who adds the
system would be required to certify that, as Natural Gas Vehicles –
Original Equipment
altered, the vehicle continues to comply with all of Manufacturers (OEMs)
the safety standards affected by the alteration. American Honda Civic GX
This means that if you convert a school bus prior
to the first consumer purchase, then you would Natural Gas Vehicles - Used
CNG Motors
be responsible for certifying that the school bus
Driveclean California
as manufactured conforms to all applicable General Services
FMVSS, including FMVSS No. 301 and, once Administration
FMVSS No. 303 and 304 take effect, those Yahoo Autos Green Center
standards as well. (continue) Morris Auto Sales
NGVAmerica Market Exchange
GreenCar Depot

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System Integrators:
Enviromech Industries
FAB Industries
For more information, contact John Lapetz,
CVEF's Director of Technology, at
jlapetz@cleanvehicle.org or 248 924 3120.

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