<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article describes the technology of the “hydraulic piston”, as well as the studies that confirm the viability of this technology, implemented in various devices, designed to compress natural gas (CNG) and biomethane (bio-CNG), to accumulate CNG and bio-CNG, to deliver bio-CNG from the production site to the point of its injection into the natural gas network or to the vehicle fuelling stations to fill the Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV). The article presents prototypes of personal fuelling devices and mobile fuelling systems developed by Hygen Ltd. (Hygen), thereby showing the potential of the technology to contribute in the deployment of alternative fuel infrastructure and into the global GHG emissions reduction, mainly in the transport sector.</p></abstract>

The article describes the technology of the “hydraulic piston”, as well as the studies that confirm the viability of this technology, implemented in various devices, designed to compress natural gas (CNG) and biomethane (bio-CNG), to accumulate CNG and bio-CNG, to deliver bio-CNG from the production site to the point of its injection into the natural gas network or to the vehicle fuelling stations to fill the Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV). The article presents prototypes of personal fuelling devices and mobile fuelling systems developed by Hygen Ltd. (Hygen), thereby showing the potential of the technology to contribute in the deployment of alternative fuel infrastructure and into the global GHG emissions reduction, mainly in the transport sector.

The Innovative Technology of Hydraulic Compression and Boosting for Filling the Vehicles and Storage Systems with Natural Gas and Biomethane

Laboratory of Materials for Energy Harvesting and Storage

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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The article describes the technology of the “hydraulic piston”, as well as the studies that confirm the viability of this technology, implemented in various...

The Innovative Technology of Hydraulic Compression and Boosting for Filling the Vehicles and Storage Systems with Natural Gas and Biomethane

Published Online: Dec 14, 2020

Page range: 80 - 93

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2020-0087

Keywords
Alternative fuel, compressed biomethane (bio -CNG), compressor, decarbonisation, gas storage, greenhouse gas (GHG), renewable gas

© 2020 Aleksey Safronov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Innovative Technology of Hydraulic Compression and Boosting for Filling the Vehicles and Storage Systems with Natural Gas and Biomethane

Published Online: Dec 14, 2020

Page range: 80 - 93

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2020-0087

KeywordsAlternative fuel, compressed biomethane (bio -CNG), compressor, decarbonisation, gas storage, greenhouse gas (GHG), renewable gas

© 2020 Aleksey Safronov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Alternative fuel, compressed biomethane (bio -CNG), compressor, decarbonisation, gas storage, greenhouse gas (GHG), renewable gas