Dual Fuel Engine
Dual Fuel or DF Engines are the type of engines that could run on a mixture of gas fuel or diesel fuel or it could run on diesel fuel alone. Duel Fuel engines could not work on gas alone because 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 may be 5% to 8% less than in a comparable lean-burn, spark-ignited engine at 100 percent load. It could even be lower or higher loads.
Lift Truck Fuel Sources and Classifications
There are some recycling materials handling applications which can prove very difficult for lift trucks. For example, scrap metal is among these problems. In order to successfully handle items like this requires using the right type of machinery for the job.
In this write-up, the 7 major lift truck classes are discussed, including the power sources such as hydrogen fuel cell, liquid propane gas, gasoline, diesel and electric. The power source is linked to several of these particular classes. The main power sources for forklifts include Battery, Diesel, Gasoline, Propane and Fuel Cell.
The most popular overall are electric powered trucks, mostly in Class I, II and class III forklifts. In Classes V and IV, internal combustion trucks are more common. The most popular electric power source is the lead-acid battery. Among internal combustion trucks, roughly more than 90 percent are powered by propane.
The most popular power source for lift trucks is battery. Battery powered models make up roughly 60 percent of the new forklifts sold in the United States. Their benefits include: less maintenance requirements, quiet operation, the ability to be used indoors and outside with no harmful emissions.