Quadrise highlights positive test results of bioMSAR™ fuel on Wärtsilä diesel engine

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Published Thu, 2nd September 2021
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Average calculated CO2 emissions 26% lower than diesel due to combination of 40% renewable glycerine content of bioMSAR™ and higher engine efficiency.

Quadrise Fuels International plc, the supplier of MSAR® and bioMSAR™ emulsion technology and fuels, on Wednesday (1 September) published test results of its bioMSAR™ fuel while operating on a medium speed 4-stroke Wärtsilä diesel engine at the VTT facility in Finland.

The MSAR® and bioMSAR™ fuel products are low-cost, cleaner alternatives to heavy fuel oil and biofuels, claims the company.

The bioMSAR™ test utilised 5 tons of bioMSAR™ manufactured at the Quadrise Research Facility, formulated with the intention of achieving a 20% CO2 reduction and the results presented are in comparison to diesel at 75% load, which is a typical operating regime for a marine 4-stroke diesel (testing range of 50% to 90% load).

The bioMSAR™ test highlights are as follows:

Engine efficiency was higher (up to 7%) than with marine diesel, increasing with engine load.
Average calculated CO2 emissions were 26% lower than diesel on a life-cycle (“well-to-wake”) basis, due to a combination of the 40% renewable glycerine content of bioMSAR™ and the higher engine efficiency.
NOx emissions were lower than for prior HFO and MSAR® tests, and comparable to diesel, with further NOx optimisation possible.
Smoke and particulate levels were very low, as were unburned hydrocarbons emissions, due to efficient fuel combustion.
The existing diesel engine fuel pumps and injectors worked well with bioMSAR™.

Further test results of bioMSAR™ are available at: https://www.quadrisefuels.com/biomsar/references/

Photo credit: VTT
Published: 2 September, 2021

Quadrise highlights positive test results of bioMSAR™ fuel on Wärtsilä diesel engine

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