Page 18 - Propane Vehicle Essentials and Safety Practices

What Is Cetane? How Propane Compares to Gasoline and Diesel
Transportation and Storage
• Rating of the speed at which fuel begins to combust
o The higher the number, the faster (easier) the ignition begins Propane Gasoline Diesel
Transported to
Fueling Stations Truck Truck Truck
Stored at Fueling Above ground ASME Underground storage Underground
Stations storage tanks tanks storage tanks

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How Propane Is
Stored Onboard
Vehicles

• ASME pressure vessels
Lesson 2.4 • Stored as a liquid
How Propane is Stored Onboard Vehicles o Lower energy density
than gasoline or diesel
• Pressure
o Nominal 110 psi @
70°F

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