R.F. Dickson Co., dba California Clean Fuels (CCF) supports the goal of clean air and a healthier environment through the reduction of air pollution from motor vehicles. The upgraded station greatly improves fueling support to the growing fleet of regionally operated light-, medium- and heavy-duty compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles, as school districts, transit fleets and waste collection operators continue to implement fleet conversion to CNG to meet local (SCAQMD) and California Air Resources Board (ARB) fleet rules and regulations. The station expansion specifically supports R.F. Dicksons growing fleet of CNG heavy-duty municipal street sweepers as well as Bellflower Unified School Districts (Bellflower USD) CNG school buses and maintenance fleet vehicles.
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California Clean Fuels upgraded its regional CNG fueling station, which is located at 15330 South Woodruff Avenue, Bellflower, CA, 90706. This station is near the 91, 5, 605, 710 and 105 freeways, providing excellent public access for the CNG vehicle population operating throughout southern California.
Equipment specifications that met key project criteria were used to solicit an experienced CNG station contractor to implement the station upgrade. The station upgrade prime contractor selected was AMTEK Construction. CCF will continue to operate and maintain the station. The upgraded station meets all applicable codes/standards for CNG fueling. R.F. Dickson was responsible for overall project management to ensure the timely completion of the project.
The objective of this project was implementation of a CNG station upgrade that: 1) helps the station to better meet projected throughput requirements as a function of peak demand over time, 2) meets long-term operational requirements, 3) was designed using state-of-the-art, proven fuel storage, dispensing and compression technologies, 4) is easy to access and operate by a variety of NGV configurations, and 5) is compatible with all applicable industry and public codes and standards (both health and safety) to ensure safe installation and operation.
The expanded station opened on May 15, 2007. CCF experienced a handful of startup bugs including computer software problems and line feed leaks. All hardware issues have now been addressed but the software issues continue to need attention. More information on the startup of the station can be found in the Final Report. Fleet customers of the expanded station include the City of Bellflower, the City of Lakewood, R.F. Dickson Co., Inc. (street sweepers), Bellflower USD, Super Shuttle and Express Shuttle, among many others. The station is equipped with a universal card billing system that allows the use of standard Visa/Mastercard-type credit cards.
California Energy Commission (CEC)