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1. The Blue Corridors project and the LNG fuel station technology
Massimo Prastaro
Workshop - "L'impiego del GNL nei trasporti stradali.“
www.eni.it
Roma, 21 gennaio 2014

2. The Blue Corridors project
MISSION
LNG Blue Corridors aims to improve knowledge and
awareness of LNG as an alternative fuel for medium
and long distance road transport
PLAN
The core of the project is the roll out and
demonstration of four LNG Blue Corridors.
This includes building 14 new LNG / L-CNG stations
(2 eni in Italy) and building up a fleet of about 100
LNG Heavy Duty Vehicles which will operate along
the corridors
The project will run for 4 years and will connect
over 12 Member States and align itself with existing
demonstrations running at national level.
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3. Project schedule
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Preliminary
Blue Corridors
Information of
100 HDV
 running on LNG
New
LNG stations
Dual &
Dedicated
engines
development
Euro VI
LNG vehicles
Demonstration = 3 years
DEMO
 Month 9 : +39 remaining
Mature
LNG Blue
Corridors +
Market

4. Project structure
WP3 – LNG Fuel Logistics
WP1 – Consortium Management
WP 5 - Demonstration in the
LNG Blue Corridors
ATL-BLUE Atlantic Corridor
MED-BLUE  Mediterranean Corridor
SONOR-BLUE  South-North Corridor
WE-BLUE  West-East Corridor
WP6 – Data Collection and analysis
WP7 – Roadmap to LNG Blue Corridors
WP8 – Dissemination and Exploitation
WP4 – Harmonization and Standardization
WP2 – LNG Vehicles

5. LNG fuel stations in Europe
 Spain is undoubtedly the pioneer and leader in
Europe of LNG as fuel (18 stations)
 UK and Netherland have also a high LNG
development (9 and 8 stations)
LNG & LCNG station
Future LNG & LCNG
station
LNG station
LCNG station
 Sweden has 5 stations and Portugal has 1 and is
planning to built 2 more
 Italy has only L-CNG stations
 No operating LNG stations in Belgium, France,
Germany, Slovenia and Croatia.
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6. Main obstacles in the way
 EURO V / EURO VI change
 No trucks were in the market to be offered to fleet operators at Euro VI level
 Trucks will become available by middle 2014 (only LNG) – 2015 (dual fuel)
 All stations can’t be usable by all trucks
 There is a various range of operating pressures depending on the trucks using the station.
The most common pressure is 8 bar
Truck
Refueling pressure
IVECO
8 bar
Mercedes
16 bar
Volvo
3 bar
 The nozzle KODIAK PARKER can be used only with its own nozzle
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7. End-user experiences
 End-user complain about the few number of refueling stations and truck models
 LNG vs. Diesel trucks
Dual Fuel trucks
LNG dedicated
trucks
Noise
slightly less noisy
than diesel
very quite with almost
no vibration
Acceleration
similar or less
important than
diesel
the feeling of
acceleration was more
important mainly due
to the fact that it was
recommended to run
the truck at high
engine speed.
Driving
comfort
softer than diesel
Drivers appreciated
the lack of noise and
vibration. softer than
diesel
Engine brake
slightly less efficient
than diesel
much less efficient
than diesel
Gear box
similar to the use of
diesel gear box.
very well accepted.
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8. Typical LNG/CLNG refueling station
 Designing a “typical station” is quite difficult as the dimensions of the tank or the
need for a pump depends on the customer’s vehicles
 The latest station has the following configuration:
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One 60m3 LNG tank
One cryogenic pump
One dispenser delivering 2 different pressures ( 8 or 16 bar)
L-CNG infrastructure
Fordongas LNG Station in Göteborg
LNG24 LNG Station in Zwolle
GoldEnergy LNG Station in Mirandela
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9. Eni LNG/CLNG station in Piacenza
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