During the past century, propane has been widely used in a variety of applications. Today, it is an important secondary fuel in Mercury’s Diesel/LPG dual fuel system for trucks and now Calor are making available Bio Propane (Bio LPG) which is chemically indistinct from propane. The short video below shows how Bio Propane is created from renewable feedstock’s such as plant and vegetable waste material. Its use as a secondary dual fuel is identical to conventional propane and therefore has the benefit of being able to be blended and used by all existing appliances including our dual fuel system.
Created from a variety of feedstock’s, it shares all of the benefits of traditional propane as a fuel, such as substantial reductions of hydrocarbon, carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen. However, unlike compressed natural gas – methane – propane is not a greenhouse gas. Some of the primary sources of methane releases are landfill gas, rice cultivation, manure decomposition and food and industrial waste (waste biomass). Nearly 50 percent of this methane otherwise released to the atmosphere could be captured and processed to allow biomethane to be converted to biopropane, thus slowing climate change. Diesel/LPG HGV conversions already operate on the UK’s trunk roads at around a third of the capital cost of LNG conversions.
Biopropane is chemically indistinct from propane and so it can be introduced into any sector’s supply chain at any ratio, up to 100%, without the end user having to make any investment to change their existing equipment.
SHV Energy (Calor) is always looking at ways to reduce the carbon footprint of their products and activities. LPG is already a low-carbon fuel, but they believe that the production and distribution of Bio LPG can really help to reduce the environmental impact even more.
Even more incentive to fit Mercury’s Quicksilver Dual fuel system. Save up to 14% on fuel costs and know your vehicles are producing substantially lower pollutants and greenhouse gases.
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