HCNG
HCNG or H2CNG (hydrogen compressed natural gas) is a mixture of compressed natural gas and 4–9 percent hydrogen by energy.[1] It may be used as a fuel gas for internal combustion engines[2][3][4] and home appliances.
(regarding the acronyms in the above emissions chart:
AVL = Average Levels?
CNG = Compressed Natural Gas
HCNG = Hydrogen and CNG blend
NOX = Nitrogen Oxides
NMHC = Non-Methane Hydrocarbons?
CH4 = Methane
THC = Total Hydrocarbons?
CO = Carbon Monoxide)
HCNG dispensers can be found at Hynor (Norway) Thousand palms and Barstow,[5] California, Fort Collins, Colorado (all US), Chongqing[6] and Shanxi (China),[7][8] Pico Truncado (Argentina),[9] Islamabad (Pakistan),[10][11] Dunkerque (France),[12][13] Gothenburg Sweden, Rio de Janeiro[14] (Brazil), Emilia-Romagna,[15][16] Lombardia[17][18] (Italy), Dwarka and Faridabad (Delhi), India[19][20][21] and the BC hydrogen highway in Canada.
HCNG for mobile use is premixed at the hydrogen station.
Research
In the town of Nes on the island of Ameland in the Netherlands, a four-year (2008-2011) field test was carried out where 20% hydrogen was added to the local distribution net supplying a complex of 14 apartments.[22] The appliances involved were kitchen stoves, condensing boilers, and micro-CHP boilers.[23]
The use of existing natural gas pipelines for HCNG was studied by NaturalHy.[24]
To get the most out of an internal combustion engine in transportation if higher levels of hydrogen are added, modifications have to be made to the engine and the control strategy.[25][26][27] The hydrogen in the blend leads to lower CO2 emissions.[28]
Codes and standards
The National Fire Protection Association 52 presently covers CNG and hydrogen fueling stations. Blends with < 20% hydrogen by volume are treated identically to CNG.[29] For the use of blends with more than 30[30]-40 % of hydrogen in volume[31] decision support tools[32] for the design are used to ensure safe use.
See also
References
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- ↑ International hydrogen fuel and pressure vessel forum 2010 Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Test of blends of hydrogen and natural gas in a light-duty vehicle
- ↑ Development of HCNG blended fuel engine with control of NOx emissions
- ↑ Hydrogen enriched compressed natural gas
- ↑ Hydrogen-enhanced natural gas vehicle program
- ↑ Chongqing Wuzhoulong Works with Tsinghua University for HCNG Buses
- ↑ HCNG in China
- ↑ Sxgxny (Shanxi)
- ↑ Argentina’s first HCNG patrol car Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani supports non-stop CNG loading in Pakistan Template:Webarchive
- ↑ PM dedicate three gas fields for CNG Industry, HCNG to import immediately with zero import duty Template:Webarchive
- ↑ ALT-HY-TUDE Project Template:Webarchive
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- ↑ Petrobras and the infrastructure for hydrogen supply in Brazil Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Hydrogen-methanemixtures: vehicle tests performed by ENEA Template:Webarchive
- ↑ mhybus
- ↑ Regione Lombardia: 10 hydromethane Pandas
- ↑ Italian highway presents first prototype of hydrogen-methane Iveco Ecodaily Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Successful adoption of CNG and emerging CNG-H2 program in India
- ↑ Automotive research body develops greener fuel engine for light vehicles
- ↑ Hydrogen–CNG Fuel To Debut During Games
- ↑ Pilot project on hydrogen injection in natural gas on island of Ameland
- ↑ Ameland Field testing
- ↑ Using the existing natural gas system for hydrogen Template:Webarchive
- ↑ A study on quasi-dimensional combustion model of a spark ignition HCNG engine suitable for various hydrogen fractions (SAE 2008)
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- ↑ High-percentage hydrogen/cng blend Ford F-150 operating summary
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- ↑ Decision Support Tool Template:Webarchive
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