IMPROVED FUEL EFFICIENCY FOR TRUNK PISTON FOUR-STROKE DIESEL ENGINES

摘要

The present invention relates to a system (and corresponding method) for reducing fuel consumption in a four-stroke trunk piston diesel engine, the system comprising: a replenishment system (102) connected to receive engine oil from a four-stroke trunk piston diesel engine (100) and to receive replenishment oil (HFO), where the replenishment system (102) is configured for mixing the engine oil and the replenishment oil resulting in a mixed oil (103) that is introduced into the engine (100). In this way, the typical degradation process of the engine oil is slowed by replenishing it the adverse effects associated with the degradation process are reduced or slowed or even avoided in a very simple way. Thus, the replenishment system provides enhanced and consistent performance of the initial engine oil resulting in greatly reduced component wear and equipment lifecycle cost. Even further, a more environmentally friendly system is provided since less waste in the form of spent oil is produced as the usability period of time for the engine oil is prolonged. Thus great economical savings and environmental improvements are achieved.