A new blended fuel solution is maximising fuel efficiency by up to 15 percent while reducing vehicle emissions. Road Transport
A new blended fuel solution is maximising fuel efficiency by up to 15 percent while reducing vehicle emissions.
Road Transport Gas (RTG) uses sophisticated micro-processors that blend LPG vapour into the intake air stream of diesel engines finely calibrated to each application, delivering a more complete combustion of the diesel fuel – providing cleaner emissions, lower exhaust temperatures and improved fuel consumption.
The blend also promises to reduce running costs, with the projection a truck using 24,228 litres of diesel over 41,188km per month at a cost of $24,228 will save $3,349 per month using 10 percent added LPG (1,953 litres at $879).
The company responsible for the fuel, LP Gas 1, is heralding it as a solution to keeping costs down while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
“With road transport costs rising so markedly and the pressure to reduce emissions, the early response we’ve got from commercial transport companies and government has been outstanding,” Managing Director of LP Gas 1 Damian Arena says.
“Our technology is state-of-art, so you are guaranteed an expertly fitted, Dyno Dynamics tuned system that will provide a practical solution to the age old problem of achieving more with less.”
The amount of LPG used is controlled via a sophisticated micro-processor controlled stepper motor. The optimum ratio is 1 to 1.3 litre of LPG to 10 litres of diesel fuel.
LPG, having a higher flash point than diesel, increases the burn rate of the diesel and therefore claims to provide a more complete combustion. By combining the two fuels, a far higher percentage, 95-97 percent, of the diesel fuel is burnt, resulting in increased power and improved fuel consumption.
Read more about the new blend in the May edition of ATN magazine. Call 1800 649 578 to secure your copy, or subscribe online .