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Natural gas – Vehicle fuel

Authors: Richard TILAGONE, Bertrand LECOINTE

Publication date: January 10, 2015, Review date: October 1, 2020 | Lire en français

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3. Natural gas in the context of air pollution

Atmospheric pollution is a highly complex phenomenon of strategic importance, which today polarizes global and European organizations, as well as scientific, ministerial and political circles. Although it is necessarily reductive to describe atmospheric pollution in just a few pages, the importance of transport and mobility in modern society, and the increase in energy consumption, mainly based on petroleum resources, have a direct impact on the technologies to be used for urban vehicles.

3.1 Reducing pollutant emissions

Some of the pollutants emitted by transport vehicles have long been regulated

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Websites

http://www.ifpenergiesnouvelles.fr/

http://www.cedigaz.org/

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http://www.iangv.org/

Standards and norms

Natural gas – Natural gas for use as compressed fuel for vehicles – Part 1: Quality designation - NF EN ISO 15403-1 - 03-08
Natural gas – Compression factor calculation – Part 1: Introduction and guidelines - NF EN ISO 12213-1 - 12-09
Natural gas – Compression factor calculation – Part 2: calculation based on molar composition analysis - NF EN ISO 12213-2 - 12-09
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Regulations

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• RED (Renewable Energy Directive): Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 23, 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC....