CNG fueling in your garage

this is how people should get around and the ease of fueling your car. Man I need one of these. Too bad Georgia wont implement a program like this

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• CNG
• civic
• home
• refueling

[IVANX1001]

lucky guy

[heavyd777]

Having the home fueling option negates ANY savings by using CNG! $40 - $80 a month???? Plus installation? WOW!

Might as well stick with gasoline until we have more fueling stations.

ewsews.com has a conversion kit you can do yourself.

[Swansen03]

making a fuel cell would be such a better use of natural gas(i'm i believe at that point you'd have other options besides just natural gas)

[Coyote27981]

Plus you mention having larger cars, although possible, larger = heavier = uses more fuel.

Regarding compression, im running 11:1 on my car. Almost as high as you can go with 95RON fuel. i could go a bit further if i fill my gasoline tank with 98RON only.

[Coyote27981]

2 of the points you make, depend on having a car that runs 100% on CNG, and although possible, it would limit the car quite a bit.

Down here we have a pretty decent network of CNG stations all over the country, you can drive to almost every major city without needing to use gasoline.

But thats as long as you stay on the highways.

[ashonteibilly]

@Coyote27981 Third if you design the vehicle slightly larger, you can still have adequate trunk space. Most petrol powered cars place the gasoline tank under the trunk and/or under the rear passenger seat. A slight height adjustment(increase) in the vehicle design means you can place a(n) additional tank(s) where the gasoline tank would normally reside. If you design from the ground up specifically as a CNG vehicle you really don't have to lose much trunk space.

[ashonteibilly]

@ashonteibilly The problem is that current cng vehicle options are just vehicles that were designed on a gasoline model platforms. Actually tank/space problems can be solved easily w/ currently available technology in 3 ways. 1) Instead of using engines designed for gasoline, use diesel type engines w/ higher compression. This increases fuel economy >20%. 2) Design tanks that can hold higher PSI (i.e 4200 instead of 3600) this means more fuel in a tank only millimeters larger 3(see next post).

[Coyote27981]

@ashonteibilly Wasnt talking about your post mate, just about the video.

BTW, tank capacity is not solved THAT easily, specially on small cars. i got my tank on the trunk, and ive lost about 60% of its total space. I mean, its great to be able to drive around cheap and clean, but cars have trunks for a good reason :P

I would love to have one of those home refill units, since i hardly use a full tank on my daily conmute. so having it full every morning would be great.

[ashonteibilly]

@heartlessvietboy Magnets do not just continue turn by themselves & generate electricity just by adding a 3rd magnet. The magnets are attached to a spindle as part of turbine set up. The turbine needs an energy source to spin the magnets and generate the electricity. No energy in=no electricity out. In natural gas power stations the turbine turns typically from pressurized steam created by heat released from the combustion of gas. So in the end we are back to natural gas.

[ashonteibilly]

@Coyote27981 My comparison was to electricity not to gasoline. and yes it does have greater range than electricity because you can refuel at cng fill station in the same time that it takes to fill w/gasoline. With electric you need to wait hours. Highly impractical for a long trip. However for the sake of comparison of cng vs gasoline the problem is the size of your tank NOT the CNG fuel source. The simple solution is to increase your tanks or capacity.