Dual Fuel Engine
Dual Fuel or DF Engines are the kind of engines which could work on a mixture of diesel fuel and gas fuel or it can run on diesel fuel alone. Duel Fuel engines could not work on gas alone as they do not have an ignition system, nor do they have any spark plugs.
As the engine is not a pure diesel engine and diesel is not a pure gas, this machinery does suffer from poor fuel efficiency and Methane slippage. For instance, the fuel efficiency can be 5% to 8% less than in a comparable spark-ignited, lean burn engine at 100 percent load. It can even be greater on lower loads.
Lift Truck Classification and Fuel Sources
There are some applications which have proved a challenge for the forklift. Like for example, scrap metal is amongst these problems. In order to successfully handle things like this needs using the correct type of machine for the job.
In this write-up, the 7 major lift truck classes are discussed, including the power sources such as liquid propane gas, hydrogen fuel cell, electric, gasoline and diesel. The power source is linked to some of these particular classes. The main power sources for forklifts comprise Gasoline, Battery, Diesel, Propane and Fuel Cell.
The most common overall are electric powered trucks, mostly in Class III, II and class I forklifts. In Classes V and IV, internal combustion trucks are more popular. The most common electric power source is the lead-acid battery. Among internal combustion trucks, about more than 90% are propane powered.
The most common power source for lift trucks is battery. Battery powered units make up roughly 60 percent of the new forklifts sold in the United States. Their benefits include: less maintenance requirements, quiet operation, the ability to be utilized outdoors and indoors with no harmful emissions.