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Use of gaseous fuels
The world automobile fleet keeps growing, making it more and more urgent to find an alternative to oil and to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
Faced with this major challenge of the 21st century, natural gas is a promising solution.
Natural gas engines: potential for energy diversification
Several million vehicles running on natural gas are now in circulation in the world. Most of them are municipal vehicles such as buses and sanitation vehicles.
The use of natural gas has significant advantages:
- no major transformation of the engine,
- good energy efficiency,
- a large potential reduction of emissions of CO2.
However, the difficulties of storage and procurement of natural gas for vehicles (NGV) are obstacles to its development. Natural gas vehicles can therefore not completely replace oil for transport. But, thanks to a few sectors that have converted, they nevertheless contribute to energy diversification in transportation.
IFP, a specialist in natural gas powertrains
IFP is a major player in the design of powertrains running on natural gas. Its teams intervene from the design up to the construction of the complete demonstrator.
IFP also has the resources it takes to study all gaseous fuels and gaseous mixtures ranging from natural gas to pure hydrogen.
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Natural gas hybrid vehicles After adapting a Smart to natural gas, IFP's researchers turned to the natural gas hybrid technology, which is even more promising in terms of reducing fuel consumption and emissions. Two prototype natural gas hybrid vehicles (Smart and Prius) are being developed in partnership with GDF Suez. >> Further information: Datasheet - Smart Natural Gas (PDF - 1,1 Mo) >> Further information: Datasheet - Toyota Prius natural gas hybrid prototype (PDF - 360 Ko) |
Further information
Natural Gas for Vehicules (NGV)
(PDF - 210 Ko)
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