<VV> CNG Vehicles (no corvair)

[dennis dorogi]

I was nine years old in 1944 when Cleveland "blew up".  It was a major 
disaster.   See 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_East_Ohio_Gas_Explosion  if 
interested.

Dennis Dorogi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Kepler" <jekepler at amplex.net>
To: "'Matt Nall'" <patiomatt at aol.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 5:54 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> CNG Vehicles (no corvair)


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> I guess if I did, I'd know what "CNG" is ? ... ggg
>  Compressed Natural Gas  @ 2500 psi for cars...
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> vs  LNG   Liquidfied NG   no pressure.. frozen  - 260F!     but when it
> thaws..it expands...  600 to 1  ratio!
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> And you missed some of the other little "attributes" of LNG, like shock
> sensitivity, tendency to spontaneously detonate, and general instability.
> Methane is one of those strange materials that gets progressively UNSTABLE
> as a cryogenic liquid.  When I was at Air Products, the failure analysis 
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> a "problem" with 5-flask LNG carrier gave a yield about the same as a
> tactical nuclear device!  Ask anyone alive and living in Cleveland, Ohio 
> in
> 1944 just how much "fun" LNG is, and why you don't want ANY of it driving
> around a neighborhood near you!
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