Alternative energy such as CNG and LNG is an exciting alternative fuel that will enable society to produce a cleaner, safer and inexpensive compared to our established fossil fuels that we use today (liquefied). The uses of these gases we enjoy today has a long history, and extremely perplexing to humankind. There are precautions that must be adhered to concerning storage, use of LPG and CNG. In addition, the risks of using LPG and CNG far out way the benefits of alternative fuel.
History acknowledges there was no awareness of what natural gas was; it was unknown to humankind. Occasionally, gas would discharge from underground and when a fire reached the gas, it would ignite the natural gas. …show more content…
During the early stages of LPG, quick evaporation during storage was a problem (History). An American scientist, Dr. Walter Snelling developed a technique to remove vapors from the fuel. He identified it as propane and butane, which were the direct cause of evaporation. LPG came into production in the mid nineteen twenties and an oil company in France introduced LPG in the nineteen thirties (Liquefied). However, their development was short due to World War II. Regional trade of LPG began in the nineteen fifties and developed extensively in the nineteen forties through nineteen sixty. LPG was produced and stored in cylinders for household use; while being marketed (CNG). For the duration of this era in the United States, the Continental Oil Company created a collaborative undertaking with the stockyards of Chicago in the late nineteen fifties, for liquefaction of natural gas …show more content…
Due to the ongoing operation, a new partner joined the venture and Comstock Pritchard was established (Kennedy). Considerable research and development of LNG was performed by a Southern California gas and electric company. The Southern California gas company performed a scientific test for petrol fuel, through initial testing of LNG. LNG was not economical compared to the cost of petrol and diesel. Documents collected by the Southern California power company, provided a number of research parties who repressed internal information (Kennedy). As refineries developed in the nineteen sixties, the growth of LPG expanded in Europe to three million tons by the nineteen sixties and eleven million tons by nineteen-seventies (Kennedy). Regional trade of LPG was established between the United States and South America. The regional business had its own structure for distribution and sale (History of LPG). By nineteen sixty-seven, consecutive conferences were conducted in several locations throughout the world. These conferences are to convey collected expansions of technology and cost-effective aspects together. These meetings tackled problems in processing, shipping, storage and produced quantities of data united