Stay up to code with the 2023 edition of NFPA 52, Vehicular Natural Gas Fuel Systems Code, to help ensure the safe and efficient use of CNG and LNG fuel systems and mitigate fire and explosion hazards.
With the steady rise in the use of cost-effective natural gas vehicles, it's critical to have access to the complete range of requirements for designing, installing, operating, and maintaining compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) engine fuel systems and dispensing systems. The newest edition of NFPA 52, Vehicular Natural Gas Fuel Systems Code, offers in-depth instruction for helping to safeguard people and installations in a user-friendly format that’s easy to navigate and comprehend.
An essential for designers, engineers, maintenance professionals, facilities managers, contractors, and authorities having jurisdiction, NFPA 52 covers CNG and LNG systems on all types of vehicles and applies to facilities with LNG storage in containers of 100,000 gallons or less.
Additional subject areas include:
- Fuel compression, processing, storage, and dispensing systems
- CNG residential fueling facilities (RFF-CNGs)
- CNG nonresidential fueling facilities
- LNG fueling facilities
- LNG fire protection
- Installation of ASME tanks for LNG
- LNG and CNG on commercial marine vessels and pleasure craft
The 2023 edition of NFPA 52, Vehicular Natural Gas Fuel Systems Code, is consistent with CSA Group MGV 5.1 and the International Fuel Gas Code®.
The new edition has been revised to include the following:
- Bulk plant requirements extracted from NFPA 59A, Standard for the Production, Storage, and Handling of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), have been revised and in most cases are no longer extracted, since these requirements commonly do not apply to NFPA 52 installations.
- The terms defueling and manifold have been added as defined terms in Chapter 3 to provide additional clarity throughout NFPA 52.
Container protection requirements have been revised where those requirements referred to ASME containers that utilize pressure relief valves instead of pressure relief devices. NFPA 52 is a reliable reference book for natural gas engine fuel system requirements. Get the resource you need to increase safety and accuracy working with CNG and LNG fuel systems.
