It was only last July 2010 when Clean Air Power and Volvo Bus Corporation have entered into an agreement to jointly develop the installation of Duel-Fuel systems. This new system will enable the Volvo buses to operate on Dual-Fuel in the future. But it seems that Volvo won’t have to wait for long, Clean Air Power is already supplying it with 11 Dual-fuel systems.
For those who are not familiar with Clean Air Power, they are the developer of Dual-Fuel combustion technology that enables heavy duty diesel engines to function on a combination of diesel and natural gas. The Dual-Fuel systems that they have developed have three main components: the electronic control unit (ECU), turbocharger air bypass (TAB), and the gas injection system which is comprised of electronically controlled gas injectors fitted in a customized air inlet manifold.
Aside from the Dual-Fuel technology, Clean Air Power is also working on the development of MicroPilot which utilizes smaller diesel pilot injections that would help to reduce NOx emissions by more than 80%. Clean Air Power is developing the MicroPilot to be compliant with Euro V and even to other emission standards beyond.
The 11 Dual-Fuel systems are to be fitted directly onto 11 Volvo buses which are scheduled to start operation by July 2011 in Sweden. The usage of the Dual-Fuel systems is backed by the Swedish government. And to show its support the Swedish government through the Swedish Energy Agency has contributed around SEK 24 million (US$3.5 million to fund the project.
The collaboration between Clean Air Power and Volvo does not end with the Dual-Fuel system in fact they have started discussion on their next project which is a joint development of Dual Fuel engines which are to be used for the next generation of Volvo Buses and bus chassis.
For the Dual Fuel engines, Clean Air Power and Volvo will sign an entirely new agreement separate from the previous Duel-Fuel system agreement that they have.
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