Compressed Natural Gas mainly contains up to ninety percent of methane as a mixture of hydrocarbons with low energy content and CNG is mainly filled by compressing above two pressures of 250 kg per centimeter. CNG is filled in the vehicle in the form of a cylinder store, hence the name Compressed Natural Gas. CNG is operated at one-third the cost of conventional fuel, better than petrol, due to which the demand for CNG is increasing among vehicle owners today. CNG is mainly used as a green fuel because CNG is lead free and has the ability to reduce harmful emissions as well as enhance spark plug performance. In developed countries using CNG as fuel, it is also being seen that CNG can prove to be mainly helpful in lubricating oil. CNG is mainly free from contamination and is also helpful in dilution of crackcase oil.
Compressed natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas are going to be in greater demand as fuel in the automobile sector in the coming century. More than 10,500 private cars and taxis in India’s financial capital Mumbai and the entire public transport system in the capital Delhi are going to run on CNG only.
The world’s car manufacturing companies are also successfully testing the use of LPG and CNG fuel on vehicles. Also, it may take a century for CNG to completely replace petrol and diesel, hence it is not easy to completely convert to the use of CNG in special public transport vehicles. Petrol and diesel have long been considered unfavorable for vehicles and petrol and diesel provide 15-20 percent more mileage. But with the changing modern times, petrol and diesel are mainly said to be harmful for health and environment. In view of the serious condition of petrol and diesel, researchers are emphasizing on the use of fuels like CNG and LPG because CNG is less harmful to health and environment and is also effective for vehicles.
List of top 10 CNG pumps of Himachal Pradesh
1) BPCL CNG Station Bharat Petroleum Petrol Pump, Hamirpur AMB Road, Nadaun, Hamirpur
2) BPCL CNG Station Bharat Petroleum Petrol Pump, Village Darla Post Office, Bhaleth Teh, Sujanpur Tihra, Sujanpur, Hamirpur
3) IndianOil-Adani Gas Pvt Ltd CNG Station HP Petrol Pump, Paonta Sahib, Sirmaur, NH 707, Sirmaur
4) IndianOil-Adani Gas Pvt Ltd CNG Station Indian Oil Petrol Pump, Village Manpura, Baddi Nalagarh Road, NH 105, Solan
5) BPCL CNG Station Bharat Petroleum Petrol Pump, Nangal Una Road, SH 25, Mehatpur
6) BPCL CNG Station Bharat Petroleum Petrol Pump, Santokhgarh Tahliwal Road, Una District, Santokhgarh
7) BPCL CNG Station Bharat Petroleum Petrol Pump, Una Amb Road, Una
8) BPCL CNG Station Bharat Petroleum Petrol Pump, Daulatpur, Una
9) BPCL CNG Station Bharat Petroleum Petrol Pump, Village Dilwal, Post Office Diara, SH 25, Baruhi, Una
10) Himfed Service Station Chotta, Shimla
11) DD Mehta Service Station, Sanjauli, Shimla
12) Pain View Service Station, Boileauganj, Shimla
13) Kailarsh Fed Corporation, Dhalli, Shimla
14) Himachal Filling Station, Dhalli, Shimla
Efforts to supply PNG and CNG at cheap prices have also been intensified in the remaining six districts of Himachal Pradesh.
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board of the Government of India has given the green signal to an important project worth about Rs 160 crore in Mandi, Kullu, Lahaul-Spiti, Kinnaur districts of Himachal Pradesh. Under this important project, the project to equip Mandi, Kullu, Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur districts of Himachal Pradesh with PNG and CNG has been approved. The survey for PNG and CNG pumps in Mandi city and Sundernagar assembly constituency under Mandi district has been completed by the Government of India. Besides, complete preparations have also been completed to open CNG stations in Mandi city and Sundernagar in Mandi district. Along with this, the process of searching for land under the project has been started to open CNG stations in the remaining districts of Himachal Pradesh also.
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