India’s first LNG bus launched in Kerala

Q.  India’s first LNG driven bus was launched on 8th November 2016 in which state?
- Published on 11 Nov 16

a. Karnataka
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Kerala
d. Telangana

ANSWER: Kerala
 
India’s first LNG bus launched in KeralaIndia’s first Liquified Natural Gas driven bus was launched on 8th Nov 2016 in Kerala.
  • Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan flagged off the bus.
  • The LNG driven bus was rolled out of Union Government plans to use LNG.
  • Liquified Natural Gas is a natural gas with methane and ethane and it has been converted to liquid form for easy storage or transport.
  • It takes up 1/600th the volume of the natural gas in the gaseous state.
  • It is odourless, colourless, toxic and non corrosive.
  • LNG achieves a higher reduction in volume as against CNG so volumetric energy density of KNG is 2.4 times that of CNG or 60 percent of the diesel fuel.
  • This ensures that LNG is cost efficient to transport over long distances where pipelines are not prevalent.
  • Natural gas has the lowest CO2 emissions per unit of energy.
  • Burning natural gas produces 30 percent less CO2 than burning petroleum and about 45 percent less than burning coal.

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