Thursday, June 10

Creating a Revolution in Transport NGV2010Roma in Italy

The International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles Presents

Cylinders, Cylinders!No CNG cylinder, probably noNGV. Lots of tank providers arehere, from all around the world.

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Fiat’s Broad RangeNGV2010-Roma sponsor Fiat andits subsidiary Iveco show NGVsrunning the gamut from compactpassenger cars to a full-size (12m)transit bus. Page 3

CNG Hybrids?There are a few, and Landi Renzomay emerge as a supplier of awhole new type. Page 4

Eni’s Broad RangeNGV2010-Roma main sponsor Eniis showing NGVs from four OEMs.

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CChhuunncchheeoonn,, AAnnyyoonnee??NGV2012, the 13th InternationalConference & Exhibition on Natural GasVehicles, will be held in Chuncheon City,Korea (near Seoul), October 8-12, 2012.

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Pioneering Small Dual Fuel VanGrabs NGV2010Roma AttentionA Fiat Doblo van with a natural gas-diesel system is believed to be the first to bringdual fuel technology to the world of light vehicles.

“It is not a new idea. What is new is theapproach, the technical approach,” says R&Dmanager Daniele Ceccarini, who reported on theproject at The Power of Duel Fuel session Monday.

Landi Renzo has been working on a reconfigura-tion of the technology associated with NGV retrofits,and the applicability of dual fuel, carrying out simula-tions to study the various impacts on efficient fuelutilization and durability.

The new kit is a result of multi-variable optimization,addressing identified performance issues includinginjection timing and boost control, using tools like CFD –combustion fluid dynamics.

Ceccarini says that the Landi Renzodual-fuel system will lower particulatematter and carbon dioxide emissions,and will reduce cost and maintenance cycles while increasingvehicle range – a win:win position for the end-user. Cost will besimilar to standard CNG kits, Ceccarini says.

The kit has been designed to increase the life of older dieselengines too.

“We want to maximize the use of CNG. We want to minimizeparticulate matter,” Ceccarini says, noting that in Europe manufacturers are still

waiting for EU homol-ogation for dual-fuelvehicles. In Italy, hetold F&F, there arewaivers available toeliminate the certifi-cation problem.

The Landi Renzolight duty dual fuelvan is at Stand C10.

NGV2010Roma is sponsored by Eni and hosted by NGV System Italia

The dual fuel Doblo drew lots ofNGV2010Roma scrutiny.

Italy’s Eni is themain sponsor ofNGV2010Roma

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Gilbarco is at an NGV show for the first time,showing its do-all dispenser. Page 3

R&D chief Daniele Ceccarini

Just as batteries are the weak link forelectric vehicles — it’s a fundamentalchallenge to cram a large amount ofenergy safely in a small space — CNGcylinders are the fundamental challenge inNGVs. NGV2010Roma features a plethoraof cylinder manufacturers.

IInnfflleexx TTyyppee IIVVssBuenos Aires-based Inflex has partneredwith Zoltek, a U.S. producer of carbonfiber, to manufacture Type IV CNGcylinders for European and U.S. markets.

Spacetech is the brandname for thenew lightweight tanks. “We expect to be inproduction in November,” says Inflex VP(and owner) Juan Carlos Fracchia. Manu-facturing will be in Cordoba, Argentina.

An unusual Spacetech feature, he toldF&F, is that the cylinders will be made fromplastic tubestock, which lends limitless flex-ibility in terms of product length. The firstType IV tanks from Inflex will be 375 mil-limeters (14 inches) in diameter.

Safety is a priority, Fracchia says. InType I cylinders, “We have a safety recordthat no one can match. We have produced4.5 million cylinders without a single

accident.” Hesays he intendsto take thatrecord to light-weight tanks.

Inflex-Argentoil is atStand A19.

NNiittiinn India’s Nitin Cylinders has been in com-mercial production of Type I CNG cylindersfor two years, and is at a world show for

the first time thisweek: Stand D18.

“We havecapacity for500,000 pieces perannum,” saysdirector Kunal Shah.

His principaloutlet thus far has

been India, with sales too to Pakistan,Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore,Thailand and the UK.

“We are targeting the South Americanmarket,” Shah told F&F.

“The cost competitiveness will be farbetter, and we bring economies of scale,and quality.”

33BB’’ss SSttrroonngg GGllaassssBelgium’s 3B Fibreglass is promotingcorrosion-resistant glass fiber that’s strongenough to use for Type III or Type IVcylinders without carbon fiber.

The HiPer-tex brand material yieldstanks that “fill the gap between steelcylinders and carbon cylinders,” 3B says.The Hoeilaart-based company says thatwhile ECE R110-certified steel cylindersweigh 1 kilogram per liter of volume, itseconomical Type IVs weigh just .58 kg.(Type IV carbon tanks weigh about .35 kgper liter, 3B says.)

3B is showing a Type IV glass fibertank by Gastank Sweden at Stand A23.

FFaabbeerr iinn TThhaaiillaannddItaly’s Faber, a large supplier of Type ICNG cylinders, is represented atNGV2010Roma by its subsidiary ChalybsCylinders, of Thailand, where a cylindermanufacturing plant is planned. Initial

output will be Type I steel tanks, but allvariants are possible, says export managerLuca Burelli. Stand A25.

MMoorree CCyylliinnddeerrss!!Among the other firms promoting CNGcylinders at NGV2010Roma are Brazil’sMAT Incendio (B23), China’s ZhejiangJindun (B21), Sinoma Science &Technology (E11), and BeijingTianhai Industry Company (B25), theCzech Republic’s Vítkovice Cylinders(B24), and Argentina’s Kioshi (D6).

Fleets & Fuels NGV2010Roma News reportedon India’s Everest Kanto (Stand D14), Stako(A2), a new CNG tank entrant from Poland,and Xperion Alpha (D26), which is selling itsType IV tanks from Scandinavia to Singapore, inits earlier issues this week.

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Creating a Revolution in Transport NGV2010Roma in Italy

Juan Carlos Fracchiawith Spacetech prototype

Nitin has CNG cylinderapprovals in 50countries, saysdirector Kunal Shah.

Luxfer’s Mauro Camplani, Mark Lawday,Jorge Rivera, and Dave Myers.

CCNNGG TTyyppee WWhhaatt??Type I – all-metal, steel

Type II – metal, almost always steel, hoop-wrapped for strength, usually with glassfiber (open dome ends)

Type III – metal liner, fully wrapped, almostalways with carbon fiber

Type IV – plastic liner, fully wrapped,almost always with carbon fiber

LLuuxxffeerr’’ss NNeeww EEAAFFCCLuxfer is promoting its lightweight Type IIIcylinders at Stand E14, where it isshowing a full size array of four 320-liter,ECER110-approved tanks for rooftop businstallation.

Luxfer Gas Cylinders is a unit of theUK’s Luxfer Group. It produces its ownseamless spun aluminum liners for itstanks, all of which are manufactured in awholly revamped facility in California.

Like other manufacturers of premiumcylinders, Luxfer sees the world spread ofNGVs from light to heavy vehicles asboosting the market for lightweight fuelvessels.

Luxfer has a joint venture in Mazzano,near Brescia, Italy for CNG tank assem-blies and installations.

The 6,000-square-foot (1,820-square-meter) Luxfer European Alternative FuelCentre was established in 2009.

HHeexxaaggoonn BBaannggaalloorreeHexagon Composites opened its first officein India earlier this year, in Bangalore.

India country manager RavindraVasisht says the company and its light-weight tanks will be a “game-changer inthe Indian market.”

But as for all new markets, patience isrequired, Vasisht says. India’s highly com-petitive, yet government-controlled market-place is attuned primarily to Type I andType II fuel tanks and introduction of moreexpensive lightweight products will takesome time.

The theme reiterated throughout theconference this week is “education,education, education.” Vasisht agrees.“You can’t sell Type IV cylinders until you

sell the concept,” he says. He told F&Fthat he is confident that once the value ofType IV cylinders is more fully understoodand appreciated, the momentum will beunstoppable.

India’s CNG buses generally cantravel no more than 200 kilometersbetween fuelings, Vasisht says. Hexagoncylinders with higher pressures and lowerweight mean increased payload and rangeof up to 550 kilometers — a convincingreason for change.

The Lincoln Composites unit ofNorway-based Hexagon manufacturesType IV tanks in Lincoln, Nebraska. Itrecently opened a plant for Titan brandtanks for tube trailers, aimed at facilitatingfuel distribution via mother-and-daughterarrangements in areas lacking a pipelineinfrastructure.

Titan systems have been delivered tocountries including the Dominican Republic

and Vietnam.Hexagon is at NGV2010Roma as part

of GreenerCities, described as an interna-tional project dedicated to the developmentof an ever growing demand for environ-mentally friendly eco-sustained vehicles, inpublic and private transportation.

FFiiaatt’’ss BBrrooaadd RRaannggeeFiat and its bus and truck subsidiary Iveco are showing a broad range

of NGVs at NGV2010Roma. In the outdoor area, are a 50C14 “Natural

Power” Iveco Eco Daily van with 3.0-liter engine, outfitted as a wheel-

chair-accessible shuttle bus, a Ducato Metropolis light utility truck, and

a full-size, 12-meter (40-foot) Iveco Citelis transit bus with a 7.8-liter

Cursor 8 CNG engine and eight CNG cylinders.

Inside, at Stand B6, the Fiat Group is showing an Iveco Daily

(hydrogen-CNG blend), a Punto Evo, and two engines: a 1.7-liter bi-fuel

and the 7.8-liter bus engine (designated C78ENT G).

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Ravindra Vasisht of Ragasgo/Hexagon andGreenerCities’ Mariarosa Baroni at Stand A10.Sharing the GreenerCities space areMetatron and the Cavagna Group.

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Heavy vehicle upfit specialist Fab Industries-AFV Fleet Services has just signed a leaseand is moving to a larger facility in SouthernCalifornia. The new building doubles thefirm’s covered work space, says GM ScottLucero. It has 18 16-foot (4.9-meter) roll-updoors “and enough secure parking area for100 refuse trucks,” Lucero told F&F.

His boss, Fab-AFV president Ron Eickelman, isshown above, shopping for components here.

AA FFiirrsstt ffoorr AAuussttrraalliiaaAlso shopping at NGV2010Roma is industryveteran Kevin Black of Australia’s OES CNG,which has just opened the first public accessCNG station in Australia – dubbed “SmartGas”– in a Melbourne suburb.

‘We’ll open four in the next 12 months,’ hetold F&F — and equipment will be needed.

CCNNGG HHyybbrriiddss!!CNG-fueled hybrids vehicles remain rare,but commercial offerings are emerging inthe U.S. California’s ISE has long offeredfull-size transit buses with gasoline-fueledFord V-10 engines, now a CNG variant isin the offing with Clean Energy’s BAF unitin line to do the upfits.

Ford’s three-valve 6.8-liter engine isbeing made available with hardenedvalves for gaseous fuel applications.

QuantumTechnologies, alsoof SouthernCalifornia, isstepping up themarketing of itsType IV CNG cylinders and is using themin conversion of Ford Hybrid Escape SUVsit hopes to have certified by both the U.S.EPA and California Air Resources Boardby this coming August.

LLaannddii RReennzzoo HHyybbrriiddss!!Landi Renzo revealed last month that it isworking on a retrofit kit to make conven-tional – or gaseousfuel vehicles – intohybrid electrics viathe installationbattery systems forregenerative brakingand partial stator wheel motors that can fitin existing vehicle space.

CO2 emissions are expected to bereduced by as much as 30% comparedwith base vehicles, or 50% in the case of aCNG hybrid versus a conventional vehicle.

The Landi Renzo project is dubbedSIER, for sistema ibrido elettrico retrofit.

Landi Renzo is at Stand C10.

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GGiillbbaarrccoo EEnntteerrss CCNNGG FFuueelliinnggGilbarco Veeder-Root, a world leader in fuel dispensers, is now aimingat the alternative fuel market. The UK arm of the firm is makingGilbarco’s first-ever appearance at an NGV show at Stand D7.

“We decided last year to involve our firm in alterna-tive fuels,” says Eric Denivelle, marketing director forEurope, the Middle East and Africa. Gilbarco brings theability to bring together fuel-metering and sale tallyingand, more important, he says, to dispense multiple fuels– gasoline, diesel, even propane-LPG, and CNG, from a single, cleandispenser unit. Gilbarco is using pistol-grip nozzles from WEH andcoriolis metering units from Endress & Hauser (Stand D24).

On show here is the SK700-II Combi, and a separate paypoint. AnSK700-II Standalone for CNG-only is available too. Gilbarco sees aEuropean market of more than 1.2 million NGVs supplied by more than3,400 fueling stations, “with numbers increasing rapidly.”

NGV2010Roma main sponsor Eni is showingNGVs from four major OEMs at its Stand D10in the center of the exhibit hall. From the front,counterclockwise: Mercedes B180 NGT, FiatFiorina Cargo (white), Opel Zafira, VW Passat.

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NNGGVVAA EEuurrooppee BBrruusssseellssNGVA Europe has decided to open an office in Brussels. A formal announcement isexpected this autumn. The association is at Stand E23.

TThhee FFiinnnniisshh LLiinneeNGVs are being discouraged by a government more interested in nuclear power andbiofuels, Davide D’Angelantonio of Tuusula’s Oragas told F&F here yesterday. His firmhas converted more than 200 vehicles since opening its doors in 2008, but new taxes thatcould, in the worst case, double the cost of CNG, have effectively shut him down. oragas.fi

Gilbarco is usingWEH TK17s (D20)