The Concept of Location of Filling Stations and Services of Vehicles Carrying and Running on LNG

Abstract

LNG is a very good energy carrier and can be applied in a great many areas of economy, and its physico-chemical properties allow for using it as engine fuel in road vehicles. LNG infrastructure requires the integrated effort of LNG suppliers, owners and operators of stations, and potential owners of LNG-powered vehicles contrary to infrastructure of the majority of other transport fuels. LNG infrastructure properly implemented aims to minimise costs of LNG delivery chain, gas extraction, liquefaction and distribution, i.e. costs of LNG transport. Fuelling stations and their designs are independent from the LNG infrastructure map, except a liquefaction spot. The article presents the concept of deployment of filling stations and services of vehicles running on liquefied natural gas in Poland. Legal acts concerning exploitation of vehicles carrying LNG and vehicles running on LNG were analysed. An essential aspect of the elaboration includes presentation of variants of routes and locations of infrastructural facilities intended for services of vehicles running on LNG. Motorway rest areas that should be equipped with LNG supply stations were designated based on assumptions and calculations.