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 can work on diesel fuel alone. Duel Fuel engines are not able to run on gas alone as they do not posses an ignition system, nor do they possess any spark plugs.
Because the engine is not a pure diesel engine and diesel is not a pure gas, this equipment does suffer from Methane slippage and fuel efficiency. For instance, the fuel efficiency could 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 certain recycling materials handling applications that can prove very challenging for lift trucks. For example, scrap metal is amongst these issues. To be able to successfully handle things like this needs utilizing the correct kind of machinery for the task.
There are 7 major lift truck classes, including power sources such as hydrogen fuel cell, liquid propane gas, electric, gasoline and diesel. The power source is linked to some of these specific classes. The main power sources for forklifts comprise Gasoline, Battery, Diesel, Propane and Fuel Cell.
Electric powered trucks are the most common, mostly Class III, III and class I forklifts. Internal combustion engines are more popular in Classes V and IV. The most common electric power source is the lead-acid battery. Among internal combustion trucks, around more than 90 percent are powered by propane.
The most common power source for lift trucks is battery. Battery powered models make up about 60% of the new forklifts sold in the USA. Their benefits consist of: less maintenance requirements, quiet operation, the ability to be used outdoors and inside with no harmful emissions.