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