I know this is kind of an SP move, but here goes:
What is Proformix™ Fuel?
Chevron announces yet another solution for your business – Proformix™ fuel, a low-emissions diesel alternative.
A simple solution to a complex problem:
In today’s competitive markets, you’re faced with the increased challenges of balancing environmental regulations against operational realities. Of course, you want cleaner air – for your children, your neighbors, your employees, and for yourself. But as a business manager or fleet owner, you also have to measure and track profits.
Proformix™ fuel diesel alternative is a cost-effective aftermarket solution that can satisfy all of these competing demands easily and immediately.
Just add water. It may sound crazy, but ordinary H2O is one of the cornerstones of the solution.
Proformix™ fuel is a “water-in-fuel” diesel blend that utilizes Lubrizol’s PuriNOx™ technology to lower NOx emissions by up to 30% and particulate matter as much as 50% in direct-injection, diesel-powered engines. It’s delivered to the end-user as a homogeneous, white emulsion of diesel fuel, water and chemical additives that can be used immediately, without modifications to existing engines or to most storage equipment.
Water and fuel?
Not only do they mix, but with the PuriNOx™ technology, they actually evolve. High speed processing creates water droplets under one micron in size. These droplets are encapsulated by additives that prevent them from coalescing, making them invisible to the engine and providing tremendous stability to the mixture. The addition of water to fuel increases atomization of the diesel/air charge within the cylinder and lowers peak combustion temperature. The net result of these processes is reduced NOx, particulate matter and other emissions.
Because each droplet of water is surrounded by diesel in Proformix™ fuel, the water does not come into contact with metal surfaces of the storage, fuel handling or engine fuel system. Consequently, these systems operate just as they would with diesel, with respect to corrosion and lubricity. Alternatively, “fuel-in-water” blends take on the characteristics of water. And while it’s true that they do reduce emissions, they do not perform so well with respect to combustion, viscosity or corrosion.
- - courtesy of
Chevron
