← Back to context Comment by ACCount37 2 days ago Again: current day CNG ICEs don't actually have "fuel tanks bigger than the car". 2 comments ACCount37 Reply fuzzfactor 2 days ago That's because they use high-pressure tanks.Actually higher working presure than regular welders' oxygen tanks.Too bad the higher the pressure, the heavier the tank, especially steel.I had a pretty good job offer from a company that was going to start building CNG tanks out of carbon fiber.This was a few years before the failure of the Titan submersible.CNG has made some progress since then, here's the kind of thing there is now:https://steelheadcomposites.com/sites/default/files/2024-01/... ACCount37 1 day ago COPVs are not exactly a new tech. They're just taking a while to proliferate to those lower end applications.Not like it's a necessary thing. CNG conversions were already viable even with 00s steel tanks.
fuzzfactor 2 days ago That's because they use high-pressure tanks.Actually higher working presure than regular welders' oxygen tanks.Too bad the higher the pressure, the heavier the tank, especially steel.I had a pretty good job offer from a company that was going to start building CNG tanks out of carbon fiber.This was a few years before the failure of the Titan submersible.CNG has made some progress since then, here's the kind of thing there is now:https://steelheadcomposites.com/sites/default/files/2024-01/... ACCount37 1 day ago COPVs are not exactly a new tech. They're just taking a while to proliferate to those lower end applications.Not like it's a necessary thing. CNG conversions were already viable even with 00s steel tanks.
ACCount37 1 day ago COPVs are not exactly a new tech. They're just taking a while to proliferate to those lower end applications.Not like it's a necessary thing. CNG conversions were already viable even with 00s steel tanks.
That's because they use high-pressure tanks.
Actually higher working presure than regular welders' oxygen tanks.
Too bad the higher the pressure, the heavier the tank, especially steel.
I had a pretty good job offer from a company that was going to start building CNG tanks out of carbon fiber.
This was a few years before the failure of the Titan submersible.
CNG has made some progress since then, here's the kind of thing there is now:
https://steelheadcomposites.com/sites/default/files/2024-01/...
COPVs are not exactly a new tech. They're just taking a while to proliferate to those lower end applications.
Not like it's a necessary thing. CNG conversions were already viable even with 00s steel tanks.