Worried About Air Pollution?
Put Some Water In Your Tank
A South African company has developed a revolutionary new fuel enhancer that
allows fossil based fuels to be mixed with water in a ratio of approximately 3:1
with apparent dramatic reductions in Greenhouse Gas exhaust emissions.
Cape-based Hydrofuel says it has come up with a solution to controlling
pollution as a result of exhaust emissions. Their product, called
Envirofuel, blends with fossil based fuel such as furnace fuels and diesel
at a level of between 1,2-2,5%, allowing 20-25% water to be added. The
result is a reduction in carbon monoxide emissions by up to 75%, sulphur
oxides by up to 65% and nitrogen oxides by up to 25%, with virtual
elimination of smoke, unburnt carbon and sulphur.
Hydrofuel spokesman Jeremy Bunn says Envirofuel has vast implications for
the environment while the potential savings derived by substituting water
for fuel are also substantial. "Likely beneficiaries of the product include
industrial utilities (such as electricity providers), marine boiler applications
and heavy duty transport with potential savings in the region of 10-15% while
increasing power and steam output."
According to Bunn the product has been extensively tested locally and
internationally in open flame burners, under laboratory conditions. "In all
cases, which included testing by Fuel Firing Systems in Cape Town and the
Industrial Engineering company of Florida, USA, the additive met or exceeded
expectations."
Bunn says the concentrated product is also non-acidic and non-toxic, is safe
to handle and transport, has no odour and can easily be cold-mixed,
remaining stable after mixing without further agitation.
"As it is not an organic solvent, it can also be utilised in lifting oil
deposits from various surfaces such as runway tarmacs, concrete and masonry,
without affecting the basic composition of the material it is being used to
clean.
"Similarly, tests have shown that as treated oil comes into contact with
seawater, it dissipates through the natural agitation caused by natural wave
action - meaning if mixed with crude oil in oil tankers, that in the case of an
oil spill, no oil slick would form and no marine and wild life disasters
or coastline damage would occur," says Bunn.
Bunn says the concept of using water in fuel is not a new one, and in fact
was used to great effect by the British Air Force in World War II as a sort
of "turbo charger" in their Spitfires to match the Mescherschmidt
during the
Battle of Britain.
The company has registered the product with trademarks locally and
internationally, and after a local and international patent search lodged
the South African patent in March. International patents are to be applied
for in the major territories thereafter --Brent von Melville, Orca Media
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