Cut Heavy Equipment Operating Costs: Means of Reducing Waste
Business owners — particularly those of a heavy equipment operation — determine success by calculating two sums: gross profit and net profit. Gross profit is the amount of money a company makes. Net profit is how much money the company’s owner(s) makes. While gross profit is of greater importa
Fuel Catalyst: The Oxygenation of Diesel and Heavy Fuel Oils
A fuel catalyst is a pre-combustion device that increases the fuel economy of a combustion engine and reduces emissions. Fuel additives and fuel detergents are not fuel catalysts. A fuel catalyst is not a catalytic converter. However, a fuel catalyst performs many of the same functions as fuel addit
Why Do Diesel Engines Smoke? At Least, Why Do Old Diesel Engines Smoke?
The question, “Why do diesel engines smoke?” is loaded. The question assumes that diesel engines do, in fact, smoke. While, historically, black smoke was associated with diesel engines, that is simply no longer the case. Diesel engines do not smoke any more than gasoline engines. The reason bein
Here’s How to Save Diesel Fuel in Heavy Equipment
For people who operate heavy equipment, saving money on fuel is always a top priority. While trucks and other machines do critical work, they can be expensive and wasteful to operate; companies and operators alike have begun to turn their attention to fuel-saving devices and other ways to lower emis
Understanding Fuel Economy — “Gas” Mileage
Thermal efficiency, compression ratio, and fuel density are the primary factors that determine the fuel efficiency — a.k.a. fuel economy — of an engine. If mounted in a car, pick up, truck, boat, ship, a piece of heavy equipment, etc., even more, variables come into play with respect to the fuel
How to Do Right and Do Well Against Climate Change
The Arctic is warming at an unprecedented rate, creating unusual, extreme weather patterns and rising seas. The amount of volatile organics and greenhouse gas pollutants has reached such a level that deaths are predicted to triple in cities throughout Asia and other parts of the world. The scientifi
Diesel vs Gas: Which Fuel Best for the Environment and Which is best for the Wallet
Diesel vs gas and which is better for the environment is a debate that has taken center stage in many scientific communities and political circles around the world. The reason being, there is a massive discrepancy between the number of diesel passenger vehicles in the U.S. versus the rest of the wor
Differences Between Diesel, Fuel Oil, Bunker Fuel, and Similarities
The differences between diesel, fuel oil, and bunker fuel are hydrocarbons. Specifically, the difference is in the size and length of the hydrocarbons in each fuel. Hydrocarbons comprise the overwhelming majority of the components in fossil fuels — and in biofuels as well for that matter. Everythi
Why Catalytic Converters are Necessary and Differ from Fuel Catalysts
Why Catalytic converters are necessary is because fossil fuels — particularly gasoline — do not combust efficiently without combustion-enhancing technologies. For some fossil fuels, their inherent chemical composition limits combustion efficiency potential, again, particularly gasoline. While
Compression Ratio: Why Diesel Engines are More Efficient than Gasoline Engines
Compression ratio plays as large a role in fuel efficiency as any other engine combustion factor. Diesel engines are between 25 percent and 35 percent more fuel efficient than gasoline engines of comparable size. If two vehicles have engines that are equal in size, but one has a diesel engine and th