Mogas Natural Gas System (3) Some Things to be Learned from the “Other ” Compressed Gas Fuel System

Compressed natural gas vehicles were first commercialized after World War II in Italy. There are now seven million CNG vehicles on the road worldwide. The first US CNG vehicle “incident ” in our files dates to 1984. “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it ” (1), so this paper will explore a few of the things to be learned from CNG vehicle history that can help assure the safety of compressed hydrogen tanks and fuel systems. A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION Compressed natural gas as a motor vehicle fuel has been around for a long time