Argentina authorizes coupling device for natural gas vehicles

The National Gas Regulatory Entity of Argentina announced the incorporation of the coupling device and the adoption of the ISO 14469 (2017), CSA/ANSI NGV1 (2017) Standards and the UNECE R-110 (2015).

August 28, 2022. The National Gas Regulatory Entity (ENARGAS) of the Argentine Republic announced the incorporation of the coupling device and the adoption of the ISO 14469 (2017), CSA/ANSI NGV1 (2017) Standards and the UNECE R-110 (2015) for the certification of coupling devices between the vehicle installation and the compressed natural gas (CNG) dispensing station in the instance of the supply to vehicles dedicated exclusively to the passenger or cargo transport service.

The Agency’s Technical Report highlights that “…the coupling systems that could be used for the supply of passenger and cargo transport vehicles from the incorporation of ISO 14469 (2017), CSA/ANSI NGV1 (2017) and the UNECE R-110 Regulation (all of them compatible with each other) would favor the promotion of healthier mobility, by reducing gaseous and noise emissions; rational use of energy, by promoting a fuel that is more friendly to the environment, available and abundant; operational efficiency of the gas system, due to the flat (non-seasonal) characteristics of natural gas consumption that could be generated through its use as fuel for vehicles intended for passenger or cargo transport services”.

Likewise, the ENARGAS report considers that “…the use of the NZ-type couplings with which the filling stations for mostly light vehicles are operating, demands times of the order of 45 minutes for the supply to vehicles destined for the service of transport, which implies a barrier for the development of the use of CNG in this type of units, in comparative terms with the time of supplying liquid fuel, due to the economic disadvantages that an excessive time of the transport vehicle out of circulation in a fuel supply situation implies. Due to the foregoing, vehicles intended for the transport of passengers and cargo require coupling systems that reduce gaseous fuel supply times to the aforementioned units.

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