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The Blue Corridors project and the LNG fuel station technology Massimo Prastaro
Workshop - "L'impiego del GNL nei trasporti stradali.“ Roma, 21 gennaio 2014
The Blue Corridors project
MISSION
LNG Blue Corridors aims to improve knowledge and awareness of LNG as an alternative fuel for medium and long distance road transport
PLAN
The core of the project is the roll out and demonstration of four LNG Blue Corridors.
This includes building 14 new LNG / L-CNG stations (2 eni in Italy) and building up a fleet of about 100 LNG Heavy Duty Vehicles which will operate along the corridors
The project will run for 4 years and will connect over 12 Member States and align itself with existing demonstrations running at national level.
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2017
Demonstration = 3 years
Preliminary
Blue Corridors
New
LNG stations
Euro VI
LNG vehicles
Dual &
Dedicated
engines
development
Mature
LNG Blue
Corridors +
Market
Information of
100 HDV
running on LNG
2013 2014 2015 2016
DEMO
Month 9 : +39 remaining
Project schedule
Project structure
WP2 – LNG Vehicles
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WP3 – LNG Fuel Logistics
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ATL-BLUE Atlantic Corridor
WP 5 - Demonstration in the
LNG Blue Corridors
MED-BLUE Mediterranean Corridor
SONOR-BLUE South-North Corridor
WE-BLUE West-East Corridor
WP6 – Data Collection and analysis
WP7 – Roadmap to LNG Blue Corridors
WP8 – Dissemination and Exploitation
LNG fuel stations in Europe
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Spain is undoubtedly the pioneer and leader in Europe of LNG as fuel (18 stations)
UK and Netherland have also a high LNG development (9 and 8 stations)
Sweden has 5 stations and Portugal has 1 and is planning to built 2 more
Italy has only L-CNG stations
No operating LNG stations in Belgium, France, Germany, Slovenia and Croatia.
LNG & LCNG station
Future LNG & LCNG station
LNG station
LCNG station
Main obstacles in the way
EURO V / EURO VI change
No trucks were in the market to be offered to fleet operators at Euro VI level
Trucks will become available by middle 2014 (only LNG) – 2015 (dual fuel)
All stations can’t be usable by all trucks
There is a various range of operating pressures depending on the trucks using the station. The most common pressure is 8 bar
The nozzle KODIAK PARKER can be used only with its own nozzle
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Truck Refueling pressure
IVECO 8 bar
Mercedes 16 bar
Volvo 3 bar
End-user experiences
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End-user complain about the few number of refueling stations and truck models
LNG vs. Diesel trucks
Dual Fuel trucks LNG dedicated trucks
Noise slightly less noisy than diesel
very quite with almost no vibration
Acceleration similar or less important than diesel
the feeling of acceleration was more important mainly due to the fact that it was recommended to run the truck at high engine speed.
Driving comfort
softer than diesel Drivers appreciated the lack of noise and vibration. softer than diesel
Engine brake slightly less efficient than diesel
much less efficient than diesel
Gear box similar to the use of diesel gear box.
very well accepted.
Typical LNG/CLNG refueling station
Designing a “typical station” is quite difficult as the dimensions of the tank or the need for a pump depends on the customer’s vehicles
The latest station has the following configuration:
One 60m3 LNG tank
One cryogenic pump
One dispenser delivering 2 different pressures ( 8 or 16 bar)
L-CNG infrastructure
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LNG24 LNG Station in Zwolle Fordongas LNG Station in Göteborg GoldEnergy LNG Station in Mirandela
Eni LNG/CLNG station in Piacenza
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