Before you consider installing a HyCO 2DT system, I understand that you need to know WHY the HyCO 2DT increases combustion efficiency.
It comes down to something called Thermal Efficiency. Thermal Efficiency is the ratio of the potential energy in the diesel compared to the actual work the engine performs.
The HyCO 2DT increases Thermal Efficiency.
It is a scientifically proven fact is that you CAN get more power out of less fuel IF you increase Thermal Efficiency. See my ‘Double Mileage Guaranteed, Part 1’ (and it’s online Resources) to understand more about combustion efficiency. DMG, part 1 is based on gasoline but the vapor principles are generally applicable to diesel, see below for diesel specific information; and see these links (as en example) to understand the high mileage diesel is not only possible BUT BEING WITHHELD from you!
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Given: HydroCarbon fuels (like diesel) can only combust when in vapor form and mixed with oxygen.
Given: Diesel has a high vaporization temperature and a low ignition temperature.
Gasoline requires a spark because it has a low vaporization temperature (between 100°F and 400°F) but a high ignition temperature (600°F+).
Diesel vaporizes at 400+°F and (once mixed with air) ignites as low as 200°F, so once diesel is vapor and mixed with air, compression temperatures are enough to ignite it.
Given: When liquid diesel is sprayed into high temperature air, some of it ‘boils’ (vaporizes) and the vapors mix with air.
Given: As soon as there is a rich enough vapor:air mixture to support combustion, due to its low ignition temperature, the initial diesel vapors explode (they don’t need a ‘spark’).
Given: This initial explosion creates the temperatures to completely vaporize the remaining diesel, which can then mix with air and explode.
This ‘secondary’ explosion is mostly wasted, as it occurs after the optimum time to convert heat energy to mechanical energy.
Given: The most efficient conversion of thermal energy to mechanical energy happens in the first 20° after top dead center (ATDC).
This is how diesel engines work. It is how they’ve worked since the late 1800s and it is still how they work today. Adding a computer does NOT change the basic combustion characteristics of the diesel.
There have been improvements in engine design, to help engines ‘breathe’ and handle higher compression ratios. There have been improvements in injector design to help decrease fuel droplet size to increase fuel vaporization rate. They have added electronics to peripherally increase fuel efficiency, by coordinating timing and fuel volume.
Note: The dyno technician that tested our HyCO 2DT told us that CAT had spent hundreds of millions of dollars to increase their engine efficiency by 1%. He was astounded that we walked in the door, with technology costing less than $5000, that increased any diesel engine’s Thermal Efficiency by over 10%. Dyno test of HyCO 2DT in Boise Idaho (click)
The HyCO 2DT simply increases the percentage of fuel that is already vapor when the combustion event happens.
The HyCO 2DT vapors are already homogeneously mixed in the air (but not enough fuel to actually explode), so when the engine’s injector starts spraying fuel into the engine, there are already vapors ready to combust (they just need more vapor to be rich enough to explode).
The result is a faster, smoother, more efficient combustion that happens at the right TIME to most efficiently convert thermal energy into mechanical energy.
The important thing to know (and it is not taught to most mechanics) is that it is the first-vapor combustion that is most efficiently converted to mechanical energy to power the engine.
Any fuel that burns after 20° ATDC is not efficiently powering the engine. Yes, it is burning and will result in an exhaust that shows efficient combustion; but efficient combustion is NOT the same as Thermal Efficiency.
The fuel can be burning efficiently, but if it doesn’t burn at the right TIME, the heat of combustion will not be efficiently converted into engine power (mechanical energy).
So, as we’ve proven with dyno tests, you can create more power using less fuel, IF you combust the fuel completely and at the right TIME.
Having fuel vapors already in the intake air charge assures that the combustion event will happen faster, smoother and more completely at the right TIME.
The advantages of more Thermal Efficiency don’t just stop at reduced fuel consumption. Exhaust temperatures will drop and pollution emissions will drop dramatically.
Note: This ‘pre-vapor’ combustion efficiency enhancing effect has also been proven by adding propane or gasoline vapors to the diesel air intake.
Note: There are other proven combustion enhancement technologies too, like water injection (can be done using HyCO 2DT technology) and Brown’s Gas addition (gains of 50% with no loss in power have been demonstrated).