Diesel fuel improvement

[rhops]

Just picked this up from inq7. Have any of you guys heard about this already?
Just hope that the test will turn out to be ok


WITH THE PRICE of fuel increasing by the week, a new technology diesel introduced recently to the media may be welcome news to long-suffering consumers. The promised benefits-among them, better fuel economy and remarkable reduction in pollution-will be realized after using the premium diesel for six months.

Officials of Oxonica, the company involved in the patented technology, claimed that they had developed "a fuel process that can reduce fuel consumption by 10 percent and particulate pollution from diesel engine emissions by 14 percent."

The officials explained that their diesel, called Envirox, had already been tested on thousands of vehicles in Europe and Asia. As a result, they added, the transport giant Stagecoach in the United Kingdom was now using Envirox-treated fuels for its fleet of 7,000 buses.

Similar field trials would be conducted anytime now in Manila, the officials announced. Involved in the technology development, including the extensive test runs,

are Oxonica, Asian Development Bank and the World Bank's Initiative for Asian Cities program.

In the Philippines, DMX Technology Corporation represents Envirox and the Premium Plus technology diesel.

[ghosthunter]

i wonder if they added acetone to the diesel? :D

[rsnald]

medyo high tech to a... cerium oxide nanotech additive.

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/...ng-tech/dn4271

isa lang masasabi ko... renewability and availability? mahal sigurado to... cerium is not really an abundant naturally occuring metal.

[jim]

mahal nga yan. dapat talaga meron nang mag mass produce ng bio-diesel. hmmmmmmmnnnnnn.....

[rhops]

mukhang mahal nga iyan, and would reach economic viability if mass produced. Well lets just wait siguro after the test run made. One good point here is that it is efficient (km/l basis) at the same time good for the environment. Pero I doubt we could achieve same results here what with the "quality" of our diesel fuel here

[garyq]

mass produce coconut methyl ester (CME) or BD with good incentives from the government! Lahat ng diesel rides plying MManila roads to use BD, isipin mo what we can do for the environment and for our us and our children! Wow! Dapat kasing mahal lang ng regular diesel ang BD para we stop depending on fossil fuel. Renewable energy tayo!!

[Hibiki]

I totally agree with garyq. Instead of introducing a new, untested, foreign-made-and-patented Envirox and the Premium Plus fuels, we (including our government) should advocate the use of Biodiesel. Because Biodiesel is derived from renewable resources such as coconuts, its use decreases our dependence on foreign oil and patented technologies. Utilizing local resourse and free technology will contribute to our own economy.

[quiksie]

yayaman ang pilipinas pag may nagsupport sa movement na ito

[falken]

Dapat talaga biodiesel, meron na tayong sariling raw materials, maraming makikinabang.

[eric]

the thing is coconut oil is still expensive because it is a food-grade oil. so as rapeseed and soya. what i know is that certain european biodiesel companies are now looking for an inexpensive alternative non edible oil which they will use as feedstock. they have identified jatropha - a plant w/c yields a non-edible oil therefore this should be much cheaper than coconut, soya, or rapeseed oils. the plant seems promising since accdg to their extensive studies this plant is a hardy one - it can thrive in arid and semi arid soil, even on wastelands and barren soil, or on soils not receiving a good amount of rainfall. I believe our Philippine government should watch out for this and even promote intercropping this w/ existing coconut plantations. this is very promising... i see some money $$$$$. by the way i don't know if we have jatropha here in the country. i was told it is abundant in india.