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A fuel gas-powered scooter is a
scooter powered by
fuel gas
Fuel gas is any one of a number of fuels that under ordinary conditions are gaseous. Most fuel gases are composed of hydrocarbons (such as methane or propane), hydrogen, carbon monoxide, or mixtures thereof. Such gases are sources energy t ...
. Fuel gases include such fuels such as
liquefied petroleum gas (LPG),
compressed natural gas
Compressed natural gas (CNG) is a fuel gas mainly composed of methane (CH4), compressed to less than 1% of the volume it occupies at standard atmospheric pressure. It is stored and distributed in hard containers at a pressure of , usually in cy ...
(CNG),
biogas
Biogas is a mixture of gases, primarily consisting of methane, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulphide, produced from raw materials such as agricultural waste, manure, municipal waste, plant material, sewage, green waste and food waste. It is a ...
and
hydrogen
Hydrogen is the chemical element with the symbol H and atomic number 1. Hydrogen is the lightest element. At standard conditions hydrogen is a gas of diatomic molecules having the formula . It is colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic ...
(
HICE). Hydrogen (
hydrogen internal combustion) use in two-wheelers has only recently being started to be looked into, mainly by developing countries, to decrease local pollution at an affordable cost.
Geographical use of fuel-gas scooters and related vehicles
LPG scooters are in use in
China and many parts of
Southern Asia.
Incentives for using fuel gas in scooters
Fuel costs
Each different fuel comes at a different price. These prices depend on the country, and even differ between gas stations.
Scooter owners may decide to use whatever fuel that is cheapest and which is also locally available.
Petrol bans in cities
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...
has banned
petrol
Gasoline (; ) or petrol (; ) (see ) is a transparent, petroleum-derived flammable liquid that is used primarily as a fuel in most spark-ignited internal combustion engines (also known as petrol engines). It consists mostly of organic c ...
scooters/mopeds and only allows LPG scooters to be used in the city due to
air pollution
Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials. There are many different typ ...
.
About 190,000 gasoline mopeds were eliminated between 2001 and 2004, replaced by 140,000 LPG mopeds as of 2004, at which time the city had over 100 LPG refueling stations.
[ In 1996 the city's 500,000 gasoline mopeds were blamed for one fifth of the air pollution in Shanghai, so in 1997 the city stopped issuing new license plates for them.][ In 2000, the city stopped renewing plates for existing gasoline mopeds, so all of them expired by 2008.][
]
Low emission zones in cities
Low emission zones are present in many cities. Fuel gases such as hydrogen
Hydrogen is the chemical element with the symbol H and atomic number 1. Hydrogen is the lightest element. At standard conditions hydrogen is a gas of diatomic molecules having the formula . It is colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic ...
, CNG
Compressed natural gas (CNG) is a fuel gas mainly composed of methane (CH4), compressed to less than 1% of the volume it occupies at standard atmospheric pressure. It is stored and distributed in hard containers at a pressure of , usually in cy ...
, LPG, ... may allow for reaching the appropriate limit to enter the city in which such LEZ's are present (depending on which European emission standard or US emission standard
United States vehicle emission standards are set through a combination of legislative mandates enacted by Congress through Clean Air Act (CAA) amendments from 1970 onwards, and executive regulations managed nationally by the Environmental Protec ...
is being used in the LEZ).
Conversion kits for petrol scooters
Petrol-powered scooters can be fitted with a conversion kit. Conversion kits for CNG for example exist for some popular motorcycle models.CNG-fuelled Scooters Launched
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See also
* Alternative fuel vehicle
An alternative fuel vehicle is a motor vehicle that runs on alternative fuel rather than traditional petroleum fuels (petrol or petrodiesel). The term also refers to any technology (e.g. electric car, hybrid electric vehicles, solar-powered ...
* CNG auto rickshaw
* European emission standards
* Emissions levels of scooters
* Formic acid vehicle
An alternative fuel vehicle is a motor vehicle that runs on alternative fuel rather than traditional petroleum fuels (petrol or petrodiesel). The term also refers to any technology (e.g. electric car, hybrid electric vehicles, solar-powered ve ...
: a type of hydrogen-based vehicle
* Emission levels of hydrogen in HICEV's
* International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies
The International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies (ICHETwas a project of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization(UNIDO). Its role was to support, demonstrate and promote viable implementations of hydrogen energy technologies ...
* United States emission standards
Notes
References
* Prospective products
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Motor Scooter Burns LPG
Popular Mechanics
''Popular Mechanics'' (sometimes PM or PopMech) is a magazine of popular science and technology, featuring automotive, home, outdoor, electronics, science, do-it-yourself, and technology topics. Military topics, aviation and transportation o ...
. 276. December 1955
Green Management
. 2005
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(press release) 16 January 2000
**"Indian Co Kinetic Researches Use Of Lpg For Scooter Fuel." (press release) AsiaPulse News 17 Jan. 2000: 470. General OneFile
InfoTrac is a family of full-text databases of content from academic journals and general magazines, of which the majority are targeted to the English-speaking North American market. As is typical of online proprietary databases, various forms ...
. Web. 12 Apr. 2011.
**"India: TVS-Suzuki ready with LPG scooter." (press release) Business Line
''Business Line'' or ''The Hindu Business Line'' is an Indian business newspaper published by Kasturi & Sons, the publishers of the newspaper ''The Hindu'' located in Chennai, India. The newspaper
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, p ...
1 Sept. 2000: BSLN12636424. General OneFile. Web. 12 Apr. 2011.
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TVS plans LPG-fuelled scooter
Swati Prasad. The Indian Express
''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split be ...
. 22 July 1999
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