Dual Fuel Engine
Dual Fuel or DF Engines are the type of engines which could run on a mixture of gas fuel or diesel fuel or it could work on diesel fuel alone. Duel Fuel engines can not work on gas alone because they do not posses an ignition system, nor do they possess any spark plugs.
Since the engine is not a pure diesel engine and diesel is not a pure gas, this machine does suffer from poor fuel efficiency and Methane slippage. For instance, the fuel efficiency may 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 Classification and Fuel Sources
There are some recycling materials handling applications which can prove extremely challenging for lift trucks. Like for example, scrap metal is one of these problems. In order to successfully handle items like this requires using the right kind of equipment for the task.
In this write-up, the 7 major lift truck classes are discussed, including the power sources such as liquid propane gas, hydrogen fuel cell, gasoline, diesel and electric. The power source is linked to some of these particular classes. The main power sources for forklifts comprise Battery, Diesel, Gasoline, Fuel Cell and Propane.
The most popular overall are electric powered trucks, mostly in Class III, II and class I forklifts. In Classes IV and V, internal combustion trucks are more popular. The most common electric power source is the lead-acid battery. Out of internal combustion trucks, roughly over 90 percent are fueled by propane.
The most common power source for lift trucks is battery. Battery fueled units make up about 60% of the new forklifts sold within the USA. Their benefits consist of: less maintenance requirements, quiet operation, the ability to be used indoors and outdoors with no harmful emissions.