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 LPG can be used as an alternative fuel in vehicles, and may lead to lower vehicle maintenance costs, lower emissions, and fuel costs savings compared to conventional gasoline and diesel.

An important difference between LPG and conventional vehicles is the method of fuel storage. LPG is gaseous at room temperature and a pressurized storage tank is required at the fuelling station as well as in the vehicle. In the vehicle, liquid LPG is converted to vapour in the vehicle’s engine. The vapour is then mixed with filtered air before it enters the combustion chamber where it is burned to produce the energy to propel the vehicle. There are also liquid propane injection engines, which do not depend on vaporizing the LPG, but instead burn the liquid fuel (US DOE, 2010).

 

LPG has a very high energy content per tonne compared to most other oil products and burns easily in the presence of air. This has made LPG a popular fuel for domestic heating and cooking, commercial use, agricultural and industrial processes, and increasingly as an alternative transport fuel (WLPGA, 2011). 

 

LPG can be used as an alternative fuel in vehicles, and may lead to lower vehicle maintenance costs, lower emissions, and fuel costs savings compared to conventional gasoline and diesel.

 

An important difference between LPG and conventional vehicles is the method of fuel storage. LPG is gaseous at room temperature and a pressurized storage tank is required at the fuelling station as well as in the vehicle. In the vehicle, liquid LPG is converted to vapour in the vehicle’s engine. The vapour is then mixed with filtered air before it enters the combustion chamber where it is burned to produce the energy to propel the vehicle. There are also liquid propane injection engines, which do not depend on vaporizing the LPG, but instead burn the liquid fuel (US DOE, 2010).

 

LPG has a very high energy content per tonne compared to most other oil products and burns easily in the presence of air. This has made LPG a popular fuel for domestic heating and cooking, commercial use, agricultural and industrial processes, and increasingly as an alternative transport fuel (WLPGA, 2011).