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SulNOx Fuel Fusions Plc., (SulNOx) a global producer and supplier of fuel emulsion technology, and the University of Cambridge’s Department for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CEB) has signed a two-year research project to determine detailed scientific knowledge of SulNOxEco Fuels - a fuel emulsion that reduces emissions and fuel consumption.
The two-year partnership represents the next landmark for SulNOx, the company said. Utilizing fuel emulsification technologies, the company supports users of hydrocarbon fuels (fossil and synthetic) in reducing pollution from exhaust emissions, with the company’s immediate focus on the international shipping, mining, rail and power generation sectors.
When combined with standard fuels and water, SulNOxEco Fuels technology works by lowering flame temperatures in combustion engines to aid the fuel to burn more efficiently, thereby cutting particulate matter by over 90 percent and nitrogen oxides (NOx) by over 60 percent, while achieving up to an 8 percent improvement in energy efficiency, the company explained.
Stephen Bamford, Chairman, SulNOx Fuel Fusions Plc, commented, “SulNOxEco Fuels qualities are well known, presenting quantifiable savings of fuel and fuel costs as well as significantly reducing harmful emissions, including carbon, Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and Particulate Matter (PM). With their scientific acumen, we will be able to better quantify the processes behind SulNOxEco Fuels’ remarkable results, with the potential to develop the product’s impact even further.”
Professor Nigel Slater, Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, from CEB, added, “While the practical results of SulNOxEco Fuels technologies are readily provable and well documented, there is a lack of fundamental scientific data to explain how the technology works to support results in the field. CEB aims to provide that detailed and fundamental scientific knowledge.”
“The project will study closely the factors that provide such improved efficiency and reduced emissions, resulting from the successful and stable emulsification of water with hydrocarbon fuels. By fully understanding the science, further improvements may be possible,” Slater continued.
“The company has already deployed its technology in various parts of the world and has provided many practical demonstrable results, so we are excited to see how much further we may be able to take this ground-breaking technology.”
