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Old 11-26-2013, 02:38 AM   #38 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by P-hack View Post
Have you called the g-tec folks for prices on tanks and refuellers? Any idea of the gallons of gasoline equivalent of their adsorption tanks? (and vibration resistance?)

cylinders

Looks like two ng-130 tanks will get you there, no?
The biggest one is 130 ft3, so it is just a bit over 1 GGE. It is about 2.5 ft3.
@ 275 Psi it holds 130 ft3 of gas

275/14.7=18.7 compression
18.7*2.5=47 ft3 regular 2.5 tank with the same compression rate

130/47=2.8 times

This adsorption technology allows to push 2.8 times of gas to the same volume compare to just empty cylinder.... This is not bad at all but the problem is as it states at their web site:

"G-TEC Adsorbed Natural Gas Cylinders are for industrial applications - they are not used for automobiles, trucks, forklifts or other vehicular applications."

I have no idea how this tanks will behave in vehicular applications... But we are getting there....
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