March 2018 witnessed the first LNG based LCNG facility set up by Cryogas Industries Group at LNG Express India Private Limited at Waghodia, in the city of Vadodara(Baroda), Gujarat.
Fully Automated and Integrated PLC SCADA based LNG Station was designed from day one to provide multiple throughputs like
Cryogas associate concern also took the initiative to convert an 18-year old Diesel fuelled farming tractor from Diesel to CNG as Mono Fuel. The performance of the tractor and completely eliminated harmful emissions & paved the way to develop further applications to convert diesel-fuelled vehicles into Mono LNG and dual-fuelled Diesel + LNG solution.
In the month of September 2018, a 10 year old Tata 909 was converted from Diesel to Mono Fuel LNG. Its emission measurement confirmed the reduction of emissions by more than 92%. Its mileage was a big bonus as compared to diesel and the reduction in the cost of transportation per Km was observed at a significant level of 34.5%. Both these vehicles were displayed at the Agro vision Seminar at Nagpur, which was highly appreciated and blessed by The Honourable Union Minister for Roads and Transportation, Shri Nitin Gadkari Ji.