Aug 20 2008
ANG and CNG Natural Gas Vehicles
I find that as gasoline prices drop, I tend to loose interest in researching alternatives. Well today I went looking again. I have found some fairly good sites about absorbed natural gas that was put out by Midwest Research Group. Here are a few links to some of the stuff that has been published on the subject of ANG.
- ALL-CRAFT Storage Technologies for Methane Extracted from Landfills
- Corncobs Store Gas for Natural Gas Vehicles
- Adsorbed Natural Gas Tank ‘Holds Promise’ for Future
Now this is not all the suff that I have read on the subject. But this is a good starting point for anyone that wants to learn more. I am going to try to make one of these tanks myself, I just need the patent that they have appied for. That should give me enough info to try to make one. I have the container, I have the corn stalk, and I have intellegence to do it. I have natural gas at my home at only 1.5 psi, but I can compress it up to 500 psi. I will keep you all informed on my progress.
What type of compressor is used for 500 psi. Is it the same home appliances you use for 3000 and 3600 psi delivery? If not, do you have info on where to get this other type of compressor? I currently have one CNG car, used to have two and am looking at an ANG vehicle now. Thanks, Guy
From what I understand a 500psi compressor is more like the common nail gun or vehicle tire compressor. It is not considered ‘high pressure’ and thus does not need the precision machining that a high pressure compressor uses. So, that should mean that they could be had for significantly less than any high pressure compressor available. That is why I think that the ANG discoveries will make natural gas a viable alternative to gasoline. The compressor is cheap so you can have one in your garage; the tank can be enlarged to fit enough fuel for 300+ miles of travel, and the tanks should be super cheap to manufacture. All this together spells out a natural gas revolution.
Also, where are you finding ANG vehicles? I am curious as I would like to see one.
The vehicle I saw was on ebay. A Chevy Lumina APV that was set up by Michigan natural gas company as a demo vehicle. Became obsolete when they decided to go CNG instead. I did not have the money immediately available to bid on it, and I didn’t know enough about the technology to risk taking out a loan for it. It was 16 years old with only 6500 miles on it and sold for around $4300, but I have no idea where it was sold to. What I did find out made it sound more universally functional than CNG. It makes me wonder why CNG became more prominent that ANG. Maybe because the ANG technology was less controllable by big business.