Dual Fuel Engine
Dual Fuel or DF Engines are the kind of engines that can operate on a mixture of gas fuel or diesel fuel or it can operate on diesel fuel alone. Duel Fuel engines are not able to run on gas alone since they do not have an ignition system, nor do they possess any spark plugs.
Because diesel is not a pure gas, and it is not a pure diesel designed engine, it has some disadvantages in the department of Methane slippage as well as fuel efficiency.. Like for instance, the fuel efficiency could be 5% to 8% less than in a comparable spark-ignited, lean burn engine at 100 percent load. It can even be lower or higher loads.
Lift Truck Fuel Sources and Classifications
There are certain applications that have proved a challenge for the forklift. For example, scrap metal is amongst these issues. To be able to successfully handle things like this needs utilizing the right type of machine for the task.
There are 7 major lift truck classes, including power sources such as hydrogen fuel cell, liquid propane gas, diesel, electric and gasoline. The power source is linked to several of these particular classes. The main power sources for forklifts consist of Gasoline, Battery, Diesel, Fuel Cell and Propane.
The most popular overall are electric powered trucks, mainly in Class I, II and class III forklifts. In Classes V and IV, internal combustion trucks are more popular. The most common electric power source is the lead-acid battery. Amongst internal combustion trucks, about over 90% are fueled by propane.
The battery is the forklifts most common power source. Battery fueled models make up approximately 60 percent of the new forklifts sold within the United States. Their benefits consist of: quiet operation, less maintenance requirements, the ability to be used outside and indoors with no harmful emissions.