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Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) is a substitute for gasoline (petrol) or diesel fuel. It is considered to be an environmentally "clean" alternative to those fuels. It is made by compressing natural gas (which is mainly composed by methane (CH4), in a percantage range of 70% to 98%). It is stored and distributed in hard containers, at a normal pressure of 200/220bars, usually in cylindric of spherical shapes to maintain equal pressure on the walls of the containers.
CNG is basically produced by pressing natural gas at 3,000 psi pressure. Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) is usually produced on the fueling station site with a compressor based system. Natural gas is transported through pipelines to refueling stations and there compressed at a pressure of 3,000 psi with the help of specially installed compressors that enables it to be loaded as gas cylinders for vehicles.
CNG cylinders can be made of steel, aluminium, or plastic. Lightweight composite (fibre-wrapped plastic) cylinders are especially beneficial for vehicular use because they offer significant weight reductions when compared with earlier generation steel and aluminium cylinders, which leads to lower fuel consumption.
The cylinder is used to store CNG at a working pressure of 200 bar. It is fitted with a shut-off valve and a safety burst disc. The cylinders are type approved by the Chief Controller of Explosives, Government of India.
The CNG market is more stable than the gasoline market.
Everest Kanto Cylinder is the only other listed player in the business of manufacturing cylinders, having a market share of more than 80%.
CNG has grown into one of the major fuel sources used in car engines in Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. The use of CNG is mandated for the public transport system of New Delhi, India's capital city as well as mega city Ahmadabad in the state of Gujarat. The Delhi Transport Corporation operates the world's largest fleet of CNG buses. The government of Punjab, Pakistan, the most populous province of that country, has mandated that all public-transport vehicles will use CNG by 2007.
Natural gas can be used to fuel almost any kind of vehicle - motorcycles and three wheelers, cars, vans & pickups, lift trucks, buses, trucks, trains, boats, even aircraft.

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Compressed natural gas Information
Clean Alternative Fuels: Compressed Natural Gas
CNG Infrastructure in India

CNG Stations

CNG Filling Station - Sample Feasibility report
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