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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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