The “Avangard” transport company in the Sverdlovsk Region is considered as innovative and promising. Being engaged in transportation of cement, its autotrucks are used almost non-stop. It requires a serious approach to ensuring the continuous and economic functioning of the truck system. More than half of the company’s fleet runs on natural gas – and this is more than 60 trucks! “We need to try innovations, use new opportunities,” says Nikolai Zverev, co-founder of the company, who decided to transfer the fleet to methane and did not regret it.

The decision to switch the fleet to CNG was not easy. It was necessary to purchase new automobile equipment, invest in the purchase of new facilities, and train the staff. Due to the lack of good CNG infrastructure in the region and low fuel quality, an internal CNG filling station was installed, working mainly for the needs of the company. The company has installed reliable Fornovo Gas compressors made in Italy. These compressors in conjunction with other components of CNG stations make the entire system reliable, economic, which ultimately increases its payback and durability. A wide Fornovo Gas’ compressor service network makes its use convenient in the Urals and throughout the CIS.

The filling station provides capacity for 8-15 thousand cubic meters of CNG per day, which allows to refuel about 50 trucks. Natural methane is supplied from a 89 mm pipe with a pressure of 6 kg/cm². With the same pressure, the methane enters the Fornovo Gas compressor, which compresses the gas to a pressure of 250 kg/cm², then it is dried and fed to storage cylinders, from where it enters the column. Water gas cooling system is installed.

The CNG station with compressors Fornovo Gas was built by LPA company in 2015.

Transferring the fleet to gas allows to save several million rubles every month, although the initial investment in this project was considerable. However, in the future, this solution will reduce fuel costs and increase the power of each truck. CNG internal filling station with Fornovo Gas compressors allowed to ensure uninterrupted operation of vehicles and the reliability of company.