Downloads provided by UsageCounts
Economic Analysis of the use of CNG Vehicles as means of Public Transportation in Nigeria using CNG-P, a Newly Developed Software is presented in this work. Port Harcourt ? Onitsha expressway is taken as case. This involves analysis on collection of gas from the sales point which is taken as a treatment plant about 10km off the route, through the pipelines to the sites of the CNG refueling stations which would be installed along the route to refill the vehicles. CNG-P was developed and used to conduct economic analysis of the project. The economic parameters determined with CNG-P are: capital costs; operating costs; gross revenue; net revenue; net present value; and profit per Naira invested. From the analysis, the project is found to be very economically viable as it generates high net present value of $829million and profit per Naira invested of 0.72. When compared with the results got by doing the analysis manually, the results got using CNG-P were found to correlate to a very high degree with the results got by performing the calculations manually. This new software is an excellent contribution to knowledge as it would make it much simpler for gas operators who wish to invest in CNG vehicles project to take well-balanced economic decisions.
compressed natural gas economic analysis NPV pay-out IRR automobiles refueling stations CNG-P.
compressed natural gas economic analysis NPV pay-out IRR automobiles refueling stations CNG-P.
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 0 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Average | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Average | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Average |
| views | 3 | |
| downloads | 5 |

Views provided by UsageCounts
Downloads provided by UsageCounts