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Westport Receives Largest Non-Port Order to Date For Heavy-Duty LNG Systems
5 June 2008
HayDay Farms of Blythe, California has ordered 20 heavy-duty liquefied natural gas (LNG) Kenworth T800 trucks featuring Westport’s High Pressure Direct Injection (HPDI) technology (earlier post)—the largest non-port order of these systems to date.
HPDI uses a small amount of diesel to ignite the natural gas in the engine and provides diesel-equivalent torque, horsepower and a range of 400-450 miles.
At over US$4 per gallon for diesel and the natural gas equivalent at approximately US$3 per gallon, purchasing LNG trucks delivering the same torque and efficiency just makes sense.
—Dale Tyson, Vice President of HayDay Farms
Based on the Cummins ISX diesel engine with cooled EGR, the Westport LNG system comprises LNG fuel tanks, proprietary Westport fuel injectors, cryogenic fuel pumps and associated electronic components to facilitate robust performance and reliable operation. The Westport LNG system is 2007 EPA and CARB certified to 0.8 g/bhp-hr NOx and 0.01 g/bhp-hr PM.
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The company ought to make its own methane out of waste organic materials. The liquifying process can purefy the gas from anaerobic decomposition. High starch or sugar materials can produce methane gas very quickly. Small Stirling refrigerators can liquify it. Very high temperature supercriticial water also will produce methane gas from organic materials....HG...
Posted by: Henry Gibson | Jun 5, 2008 8:02:15 AM
