Next-Fuel: Next Alternatives Diesel Emulsion Fuel
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What is it?
Emulsion Fuel is water and petroleum blended at a sub-micron level. In basic terms, emulsion fuel (EM fuel) is an emulsion of fuel and water, yielding a 100% new fuel.
Emulsified diesel fuel is made up of at least three components, diesel, water and additive (surfactant).
Depending on the application the amount of water used can vary from 20% to as high as 40%. In an open flame/burner application NAI has successfully developed viable Next-Fuel using 40% water.
Typically, 10 to 20% water content is the best we have seen in the marketplace for internal combustion engines. NAI has been able to achieve good results with up to 30% water and promising results with 35% water.
Emulsions are unstable. The role of NAI’s additive is to stabilize the emulsified fuel. The additive
represents only 1% of the final product.
When water-emulsion fuel burns, water droplets in the fuel rapidly rise in temperature, atomizing the surrounding oil into diffuse minute particles.
The combustible surface area of oil particles and air increases in orders of magnitude, leading to more efficient fuel combustion and less particulate matter.
Emulsification results in smaller molecules of bonded water and fuel. Explosive vaporization occurs when the fuel is injected into the engine, fragmenting the droplets further. As a result, Next-Fuel burns more completely then straight diesel.
With straight diesel, not all PAH (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons) are consumed during combustion. It is this unburned PAH those results in Particulate Matter (PM).
With Emulsion Fuels, diesel engines instantly achieve a substantial reduction in their emissions of PM, and NOx. NOx refers to NO (Nitric Oxide) and NO2 (Nitrogen Dioxide). NOx are responsible for respiratory diseases like emphysema.
The typical performance of Emulsion Fuel would lead to up to 80% smoke reduction, up to 60% PM reduction up to a 50% reduction in NOx.
Who Can Use It?
Diesel Oil is used for:
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- Heavy road vehicles such as buses, trucks, tractors
- Cars and SUV’s
- Overland Shipping (Rail)
- Military vehicles, tanks and trucks
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- Ships, tankers, liners, yachts
- Power generators
- Backup power for major industries like telecom, hospitals
- Construction and farming equipment
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Many industries have been regulated to reduce emission including railways, inland and coastal waterways, and the Oil Sands in Alberta.
Port Authorities worldwide must reduce emissions.
CN Rail, for example has been mandated to reduce emissions by 18%. Next Alternative’s Emulsion Fuel is capable of fulfilling these demands and helps reduce CN Rail’s total fuel costs at the same time. CN Rail consumes over 300 Million US gallons per year.
The combined benefits of reduce costs and reduced emissions is a win/win for the users of Next-Fuel.
NAI also believes that given the reduction in particulate matter that engine life cycle costs will also be reduced.
Links
Link to new reports (can we publish)
Put in testing results with GAL
White Papers
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