OPTIMISER: An analogue and smart aftermarket in-tank fuel solution to supply the cleanest fuel possible to diesel engines with onboard monitoring capabilities

燃料会受到水、细菌和/或悬浮在燃料箱底部的微粒的污染。燃料污染会导致发动机损坏、机器停机和生产率下降，特别是在建筑和公路运输中。FuelActive通过开发创新的改装燃料输送和监控系统，在燃料解决方案市场取得了明显的成功，目前有两种产品：*FuelActive**：浮动燃料提取管提供最清洁的燃料，减轻喷油器损坏和发动机故障*iFuelActive**：智能燃料提取单元利用油箱内传感器/遥测来远程监控燃料质量该项目将开发一种售后解决方案“Optimiser”，在维护周期或交付前检查时直接安装在设备/车辆内。这将得到试验/测试伙伴的支持，车载ECU信息将每月分析一次。目前，燃料拾取器具有单一功能；提取燃料，并且是静态装置，导致油箱底部受到污染。Optimiser将动态燃料拾取器与燃料发送器相结合，以提取最清洁的燃料，并可选择车载燃料质量监控；防止污染物进入系统。实时的燃料温度、质量、压力和流量分析信息将实现远程分析、预测性维护和改进燃料库存管理(现场和多辆车)。ECU集成为油耗、诊断警报、发动机性能、车辆利用率、路线规划、改善的驾驶员行为(超速、重加速、恶劣刹车、侵略性转弯、怠速)和燃料/车辆盗窃提供基准。FuelActive已被证明提供更清洁的燃料，在安装后表现出零故障，服务于售后市场需求，并可能与OEM集成解决方案一起使用。通过与大型运输、建筑和农业车辆运营商和制造商的现有关系，FuelActive处于理想的地位。政府将不再强调柴油的使用以减少排放，但柴油被广泛使用\[EnergyRep.2021\]，由于工业化\[Statista，2021\]，全球需求将保持在当前水平直到2045年。运营商正在寻求减少维护/停机时间和排放，提高燃油效率，并在多个部门节省成本。大型低效柴油发动机加上高年里程数占全球运输业二氧化碳/NOx排放量的39%(约占化石燃料的5%)[IDTechEx，2020]。Optimiser为COP26提供了立竿见影的响应，减少了约5%的二氧化碳/NOx；如果大规模采用，有效地减少了现有车辆的1/20。Optimiser支持英国到2050年实现净零二氧化碳排放的雄心，提高燃料效率，为低碳经济提供“过渡技术”，并解决沿海水域/河流流域的路边浓度和营养失衡问题\[EPA，2018\]。Optimiser支持新的柴油监管标准，这些标准对清洁燃料的要求越来越严格(阶段5/欧洲6/欧洲7)。在英国注册的HGV每年消耗约620万吨燃料[英国国家统计局，2020年]；约10.5百万吨二氧化碳/年[~400gCO2/公里；英国政府，2021年]。

Fuel becomes contaminated from water, bacteria and/or particulates settling to the bottom of fuel tanks. Fuel contamination leads to engine damage, machine downtime and reduced productivity; particularly in construction and road haulage.FuelActive has achieved demonstrable success in the fuel solutions market through developing innovative retrofitted fuel-delivery and monitoring systems that help prevent breakdowns with two products currently:* **FuelActive**: Floating fuel-extraction pipe delivering the cleanest fuel, mitigating injector damage and engine failure* **iFuelActive**: Smart fuel-extraction unit utilising in-tank sensors/telemetry to remotely monitor fuel-qualityThis project will develop an aftermarket solution, "Optimiser", directly installed within equipment/vehicles during maintenance cycles or at pre-delivery inspections. This will be supported by trial/testing partners and onboard ECU information will be analysed monthly.Currently, fuel pick-ups fulfil a single function; to extract fuel and are static devices, resulting in exposure to contamination at the bottom of the tank. Optimiser will combine a dynamic fuel pick-up with a fuel-sender to extract the cleanest fuel, with the option of on-board fuel-quality monitoring; preventing contaminants entering the system. Real-time fuel temperature, quality, pressure and flow-analysis information will enable remote analytics, predictive maintenance and improve fuel-stock management (on-site and multiple vehicles). ECU integration provides benchmarks for fuel consumption, diagnostic alerts, engine performance, vehicle utilisation, route-planning, improved driver behaviour (over-revving, heavy-acceleration, harsh-braking, aggressive cornering, idling) and fuel/vehicle theft.FuelActive has been proven to supply cleaner fuel, exhibiting zero failures post-installation, servicing the aftermarket demand and, potentially with OEM-integrated solutions. FuelActive is ideally positioned through existing relationships with large transport, construction and agriculture vehicle operators and manufacturers.Governments will de-emphasise diesel usage to reduce emissions, but diesel is widely used \[EnergyRep.2021\] and demand will hold at ~current levels globally until 2045, due to industrialisation \[Statista,2021\]. Operators are seeking to reduce maintenance/downtime and emissions, increase fuel efficiency, and generate cost-savings in multiple sectors.Large inefficient diesel engines combined with high annual mileage accounts for 39% of the transport sector's CO2/NOx emissions (~5% of fossil-fuels) globally \[IDTechEx,2020\]. Optimiser provides an immediate response for COP26, with ~5% CO2/NOx reduction; effectively removing 1/20 existing vehicles if adopted at-scale.Optimiser supports the UK's ambition of Net-Zero CO2 emissions by 2050, improving fuel efficiency, providing a "transition technology" for a lower-carbon economy and tackling roadside concentrations and nutrient imbalances in coastal waters/river-basins \[EPA,2018\]. Optimiser supports new diesel regulatory standards that are becoming increasingly stringent for cleaner fuel (Stage5/Euro6/Euro7). UK-registered HGVs consume ~6.2mt/year of fuel \[ONS,2020\];~10.5mtCO2e/year \[~400gCO2e/km; UKGov,2021\].