Water saves fuel
15 Jan 2010
Cavitation Technologies Inc (CTI) of Los Angeles, USA, has announced preliminary results of its hydro-fuel technology known as HydorFuel.
CTI, a ‘Green-Tech’ company established in 2006, has used its proprietary process to mix water on a molecular level with diesel.
CTI's newest development is able to efficiently blend fuel and water thanks to its newly developed technology of mixing and processing fuel with cavitation and preparation of fine water-in-oil emulsions. This can be used not only in marine diesel engines, but also in boilers and turbine power generators. The apparent result is a more efficient burn and a cleaner emission as well as lowered operating costs, particularly for marine diesels and turbine power generators.
Initial results indicate using 10-20% water-in-oil emulsion (diesel) allows the reduction of fuel consumption by up to 12% and reduces the emission of NOx by 40%, and that of sulphur dioxide and hydrogen sulphide by 50%. This is substantially higher by comparison to other alternative fuels such as biodiesel. The NOx reduction is also significantly more in hydro-fuel than with biodiesel making this a more preferable environmental solution for fuel additives.
