Conversion of Railway Locomotive Engines to CNG Begins, Says Transport Minister
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The conversion of railway locomotive engines from diesel to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), has started, the Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali, has said.
Alkali disclosed this while inspecting retrofitting exercise at Idu train station in Abuja on Monday.
According to him, if successful, the locomotive engines will work on 70 percent diesel and 40 percent gas.
He said that the process reached advanced stage, explaining that the engine is designed that the diesel used can be switched to gas.
He explained, “We started in the last one month. Nigeria is the first African country to convert diesel engine to gas, the engine will work 70 per cent on diesel and 30 per cent on gas. At the start of the locomotive, you use diesel ones and after starting it, you switch to gas.
“We have interacted with the engineers and the process is at advanced stage and we are going to test-run the engine tomorrow (Tuesday) and then determine when we will start rolling out the CNG locomotives.”
The conversion of railway locomotive engines from diesel to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), has started, the Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali, has said.
Alkali disclosed this while inspecting retrofitting exercise at Idu train station in Abuja on Monday.
According to him, if successful, the locomotive engines will work on 70 percent diesel and 40 percent gas.
He said that the process reached advanced stage, explaining that the engine is designed that the diesel used can be switched to gas.
He explained, “We started in the last one month. Nigeria is the first African country to convert diesel engine to gas, the engine will work 70 per cent on diesel and 30 per cent on gas. At the start of the locomotive, you use diesel ones and after starting it, you switch to gas.
“We have interacted with the engineers and the process is at advanced stage and we are going to test-run the engine tomorrow (Tuesday) and then determine when we will start rolling out the CNG locomotives.”
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