Filed under: Diesel, Emerging Technologies
Diesel displacement technology operates engines on CNG, LNG and diesel
U.S. Energy Initiatives Corporation offers a conversion system to operate medium and heavy duty diesel engines on compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG) and diesel fuels. They claim that their product is "universally adaptable to virtually any diesel engine through software programming."
Today, they claim in a press release that they have displaced 65 percent of the diesel fuel with natural gas while creating the maximum OEM allowed amount of horsepower from the Mercedes 494 diesel engine. This engine is to be fitted to buses in Thailand.
In Thailand, this can save large amounts of money, as CNG is much cheaper than diesel fuel there. Of course, readers of this site may be more interested to hear that the system cuts harmful emissions by up to 23 percent, according to their site. Mass transit is already a good idea for traffic and congestion problems, and it is good to see that hybrid electric, diesel and now hybrid diesel CNG buses can further reduce the emissions that the large engines powering them produce.
Related:
- Diesel-natural gas dual-fuel retro-fit systems from Clean Air Power coming out clean
- Clean Air Power's diesel-natural gas conversion system could help Britain reach Kyoto targets
[Source: yahoo.com]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tim 12:33PM (12/19/2006)
Fossil fuels = death. Fast or slow, dead is dead. We must focus on 100% renewable fuels such as electricity or B100. Natural Gas in any non-renewable form is just another stall from the energy cartels while they try to addict us to hydrogen. By the way… Natural Gas EXPLODES. If a tanker of this stuff sitting in San Francisco Bay was hit by a small plane, 5-6 square miles would be leveled as if destroyed by a small nuclear bomb. Natural Gas is truly a terrorist’s dream. Bio-diesel and electricity are much safer.
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Gary Smithey 11:42PM (4/06/2009)
Ease off the kool aid,and use your head.I'm tempted to try to educate and reason with you,but I'm afraid it would be a waste of time.Oh,and please try not to breathe too much.You are emitting carbon-dioxide.