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Computer Simulation to Optimize the VFA Alpha Prototype with a Hydraulic Piston Compressor and an Integrated Booster Cover

Computer Simulation to Optimize the VFA Alpha Prototype with a Hydraulic Piston Compressor and an Integrated Booster

Open Access
|Oct 2020

Abstract

Natural gas, including biomethane, is a sustainable alternative fuel. Widening compressed natural gas applications by now is restricted by weakly developed infrastructure. Hygen Ltd. works on “hydraulic piston” technology for natural gas and biomethane compressing, storing, delivering and discharging the storage cylinders by means of an innovative hydraulic boosting technology. Designing of the Vehicle Fuelling Appliance (VFA) demands to take into account thermodynamics and gas dynamics properties at fluid compression and motion. The present paper deals with theoretical characteristics and their link to test measurements regarding a particular VFA HYGEN+ Alpha prototype manufactured by Hygen Ltd.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2020-0023 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8896 | Journal ISSN: 0868-8257
Language: English
Page range: 5 - 17
Published on: Oct 8, 2020
Published by: Institute of Physical Energetics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 6 issues per year

© 2020 A. Mezulis, A. Safronov, J. Guzeyeva, J. Begens, published by Institute of Physical Energetics
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