Now we have to fear garbage trucks!!!(sic)”. This explosion seems to have some readers nervous about natural-gas-powered cars, with the comments section on NJ.com being filled with sarcastic references to “clean-burning natural gas,” and one person, screen-named jacaza, commenting, “So much for ‘going green’ using natural gas tanks! This could have been worse had it been summer and kids were playing outside. Smaller agencies - with 15 or fewer vehicles - have another year before replacements must be powered by alternative fuels. The green trucks are the first CNG-powered sanitation trucks to be used in the state, according to.
Green garbage truck powered by natural gas windows#
Two other houses suffered broken windows and melted siding. NORMAN, OK - The City of Norman unveiled two new garbage trucks powered by compressed natural gas April 13.
Instead, it overheated and exploded, flinging the ruptured tank off of the truck and into the front of a nearby home, as well as shooting debris through the roof of a second home across the street. Three of the tanks vented their contents, burning off the natural gas before pressure could build. The flames grew and spread to the truck’s four natural gas tanks. The operators tried to put out the fire with an extinguisher, but were eventually forced to bail out of the truck and call 911. However, suddenly the truck’s operators noticed smoke coming from the engine-it turned out to be an electrical fire in the truck’s battery compartment. The organization found that while more than 90 percent of garbage trucks are powered by traditional diesel engines, several waste collection agencies are leading the transition from diesel. The Persigo Wastewater Treatment Plant is processing 8m gallons of Grand Junction’s human waste into renewable natural gas (RNG), also known as biomethane. Decrease Font Size Increase Font Size Text Size Print This Page Send by EmailĪn electrical fire in a garbage truck’s battery caused a huge explosion on January 26 th when flames overheated one of the truck’s Compressed Natural Gas tanks.Īt around 1pm, the garbage truck was making its normal rounds, picking up the trash of Hamilton, New Jersey.
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