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Can "White Diesel" replace normal diesel?


keithisco

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...we are all aware of the environmental damage being caused by diesel powered vehicles, but a revived form of diesel that mixes it with 12-15% water offers surprising environmental benefits:
 

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What if we could drive a car that used todays technology, only powered by burning water? That would certainly be very clean no carbon, no methane, no particulates, sulfur or nitrogen. Of course, we know that water doesnt burn, but diesel fuel does. And researchers have known for years that a small amount of water can be added to diesel fuel to extend fuel economy while also burning cooler and cleaner. Generally speaking, experiments have found reductions as high as 90% in particulate matter as well as a 37% decrease in NOx.

This can be accomplished with a water-fuel emulsion achieved by blending the two liquids together as if making a milkshake. Researchers in New Zealand found that a mixture containing 12-15% water worked best. The problem with this is, like with a milkshake, that if you let it sit for a while the two liquids will begin to separate at which point the engine will stall. So the challenge has been to find a way to stabilize the emulsion.

Now, a British company called SulNOx Fuel Fusions claims to have found a way utilizing nanotechnology to create fuel-water emulsion that they call white diesel. According to a company press release this emulsion improves fuel economy and reduces emissions “by improving atomization of the fuel and lowering engine temperatures.

 

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On ‎4‎/‎28‎/‎2017 at 10:11 AM, keithisco said:

...we are all aware of the environmental damage being caused by diesel powered vehicles, but a revived form of diesel that mixes it with 12-15% water offers surprising environmental benefits:
 

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Replace?  No.  But it might help reduce total diesel usage.

The big problem with diesel is that it is a by-product of many things we make out of petroleum, like plastics, gasoline, etc.  If we don't burn the by-product, we have to figure out what to do with it.  Only if we start reducing our use of petroleum for other products csn we salso reduce our use of diesel.

Doug

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