With the global and regional clean air policy becoming more and more strict, compressed natural gas (CNG) has become a promising and increasingly used alternative fuel. In some areas, strong incentive programs have driven the rapid development of CNG heavy equipment and the necessary refueling infrastructure to make the technology feasible. Reducing diesel use in buses, long haul trucks and other vehicles could have a significant impact on global emissions - regulators and OEMs are aware of this.
At the same time, fleet owners see the potential for growth as fuel use increases for sustainable vehicles and all categories of medium and heavy alternative fuel vehicles. According to the Sustainable Fleet Status 2019-2020 report, 183% of fleet owners expect cleaner vehicles in all types of fleets. The report also found that the sustainability of the fleet was the biggest driver for innovative early fleet adopters, and cleaner vehicles could bring potential cost benefits.
It is important that with the development of technology, the CNG fuel system must be reliable and safe. The risks are high - for example, people all over the world rely on public transport, and bus fleets using CNG fuel must have the same uptime and reliability as vehicles using other fuels to meet their daily commuting needs.
For these reasons, CNG components and fuel systems composed of these components must be of high quality, and OEMs seeking to take advantage of the new demands of these vehicles must be able to effectively purchase these high quality components. In view of these factors, some considerations for the design, manufacture and specification of high quality CNG vehicle parts are described here.
Post time: Feb-22-2022