Codes and Standards of CNG Vehicles
The CNG vehicle development
is restricted to several codes and standards which emphasis on safety,
infrastructure, filling mechanism and maintenance. One prominent codes and
standards for CNG vehicle is SAE J1616. It is recommended practice for
compressed natural gas vehicle.
There are two areas of the
standards coverage;
i)
the storage
ii)
fuel system.
These issues have been
addressed by the SAE TC-7 Natural Gas vehicle Task Force and Technology
Committee on the Natural gas Vehicle Coalition. In Malaysia, the guidelines are
introduced by Department of Standards Malaysia. The department has
introduced MS 1096:
1997 Code of
practice for the use of CNG fuel in internal combustion engines (Sirim
Malaysia, 2010). The standards coverage is;
- Design, construction
- Installations
- Operations
- Maintenance and fuelling.
