Additron Technologies’ high-performing ultra clean synthetic diesel is refined to a high degree of purity, and has almost no particulates – which is what causes the belching clouds when a diesel truck or bus starts to accelerate. Tests have shown reductions in particulates of up to and over 80%. The fuel is also extremely low in sulfur – less than 1 part per million, far under the new EPA standard of 15 ppm. The finished fuel can be used with no engine modifications in any standard diesel engine including trucks, buses and barges etc.
There are two other critical differences between our ultra clean synthetic diesel and typical diesel. Additron Technologies fuel has a shelf life of at least 8 years, where petroleum-based diesel fuels must be rotated on a regular basis every 3-4 months due to the formation of gum residues in the fuel.
Next, our fuel is biodegradable due to its molecular structure and the absence of aromatics following the CTL process. This process liquefies the fuel from syngas rather than through a refining separation process. If it spills, it does not cause irreparable damage to waterways or wells because synthetic diesel fuels from coal are free of sulfur dioxide, have very low NOx and particulate emissions and virtually zero hazardous air pollutants.