Fuel Differentiation for the Energy Efficiency in Heavy Duty Diesel Applications - A case study for the determination of exhaust emissions and fuel economy

For the achievement of Net Zero Emission goals, various corporates have started with the planning towards the achievement of short-term goals which are well defined with the implementation of energy conservation and efficiency. In this direction, differentiated diesel (Xtragreen) is an optimized combination of diesel fuel with higher Cetane Number fortified with Novel & Optimized multi-functional additives (MFAs) formulation for improved performance and specially designed by Indian Oil Corporation Limited for heavy duty diesel engines & off-highway applications. IndianOil innovative concept is based on enhancement of fuel economics by enhancement in fuel combustion, injector cleaning characteristics and reduction of frictional losses. The benefits associated with differentiated diesel are with High cetane fuel (55 against 51) with Superior cleanliness to keep high pressure diesel Injectors clean, better lubricity provides longer injector life, Superior Combustion leads to lower noise and Products formulated for benefits in overall reduction in emissions specially developed for Heavy Duty Applications. The fuel guzzlers in the mining sectors are struggling with the fuel efficiency and the Xtrgareen validation was explored deploying an indigenous test procedure which compared the performance of dumper in the idle condition and determined the fuel consumption for BSVI diesel as well as Xtrgareen. The methodology and test protocol were developed suiting to the application involved for the heavy-duty applications and instrument set-up was amply suiting to the test requirements. For the determination of fuel consumption and efficiency and in-line fuel consumption meter and portable emission measurement device were used at the mining location. In the present study the emission reduction and the fuel consumption achieved with the IndianOil's flagship differentiated product and the measurements along with the results are being described in the paper. This is the proven fact that heavy duty segment is considered to be the largest emitter of CO2 as well as GHGs and also the toughest area in terms of innovations and technological changes, so accordingly the product i.e., XtrgaGreen diesel is meticulously crafted to enter in this segment without going for any further hardware and behavioral changes. The crisp innovations in existing product will clearly bring out the major positive changes in terms of financial stability, import independence and further on climate change by minimizing the carbon footprints. As India is now committed towards the net zero emissions by 2070 and in this direction, India is to reduce the carbon intensity of its economy by more than 45 percent by 2030, this product will be a game changer concept.