Dual Fuel Engine
Dual Fuel or DF Engines are the kind of engines which can operate 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.
As the engine is not a pure diesel engine and diesel is not a pure gas, this machinery does suffer from Methane slippage and fuel efficiency. For example, the fuel efficiency may be 5% to 8% less than in a comparable lean-burn, spark-ignited engine at 100 percent load. It can even be lower or higher loads.
Lift Truck Fuel Sources and Classifications
There are some applications which have proved a challenge for the forklift. Like for instance, scrap metal is amongst these issues. To be able to successfully handle things like this requires utilizing the right kind of machinery for the task.
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 include Gasoline, Battery, Diesel, Fuel Cell and Propane.
The most common overall are electric powered trucks, mostly in Class I, II and class III forklifts. In Classes IV and V, internal combustion trucks are more popular. The most popular electric power source is the lead-acid battery. Out of internal combustion trucks, around more than 90% are fueled by propane.
The most popular power source for lift trucks is battery. Battery powered models make up around 60 percent of the new forklifts sold in the United States. Their benefits comprise: quiet operation, less maintenance requirements, the ability to be used outside and indoors with no harmful emissions.