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Rolls-Royce approves renewable diesel use in its Kinetic PowerPacks

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Rolls-Royce has approved its mtu Kinetic PowerPacks, based on the mtu Series 4000 and 1600 diesel engines, for use with renewable diesel.
The packs can also be used with other synthetic diesel fuels of the EN15940 standard.
This means that the mtu systems for dynamic uninterruptible power supply (DUPS) can now be operated in an even more environmentally friendly manner.
This is because with HVO the CO2 footprint can be reduced by up to 90% (depending on the fuel's manufacturing process and feedstock), particulate emissions by up to 80% and nitrogen oxide emissions by up to eight percent compared to fossil diesel.
mtu Kinetic PowerPacks show same performance with HVO as with fossil diesel.
Tests on the Rolls-Royce Power Systems test bench at the Liège site in Belgium showed that the use of HVO had no effect on the dynamic behaviour of the engine during critical phases under typical load conditions.
The systems performed the same with HVO as with fossil diesel.
Previously, Rolls-Royce had already approved its mtu Series 1600 and Series 4000 gensets for EN15940 synthetic diesel fuels following successful tests on the test bench and in the field.






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