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ESI CONVERTS EXISTING DIESEL ENGINES TO
NATURAL GAS BY MANUFACTURING THE ENGINE FROM THE BLOCK UP (MORE DETAIL
LATER). WE LITERALLY EVOLVE THE DIESEL
ENGINE INTO A NATURAL GAS ENGINE, AS THIS SLIDE DEPICTS. WE ARE CURRENTLY
WORKING WITH INTERNATIONAL ENGINE CORES.
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BRIEF HISTORY:
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EARLY WORK ON THIS CONVERSION CONCEPT WAS
ACCOMPLISHED BY OUR CTO, JIM BURKHART, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, ON MY SHOP FLOOR AT
TRANSTAR(A SUB OF ENSERCH) IN DALLAS. HE CONVERTED A DT 466 INTERNATIONAL
LEGEND ENGINE TO NATURAL GAS.
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THIS LED TO EPA AND CARB CERTIFICATION OF
THAT ENGINE IN 2001 (EPA-ULEV CERT OF CONFORMITY; CARB-EXECUTIVE ORDER); THAT
ENGINE GENERATED 640 LB-FT OF TORQUE @ 1800 RPM AND DEVELOPED 250 HP, AND IT
WAS CERTIFIED TO 1.4 G/BHPHR NOx.
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CONCURRENTLY AT TRANSTAR, WE RECEIVED $3.5M
OF CMAQ FUNDS TO CONVERT 100 COCA COLA TRUCKS TO CNG. WE ONLY DID FOUR DUE TO THE ACQUISITION OF
ENSERCH BY TXU, AND THIS PROJECT WAS NOT COMPLETED. HOWEVER, THESE FOUR TRUCKS ARE OPERATING IN
THE COKE FLEET SUCCESSFULLY TODAY.
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IN LATE 2002 ESI WAS INCORPORATED, AND IN
EARLY 2004, WE BEGAN DEVELOPMENT OF
THE NEWER GENERATION OF THE ENGINE DESCRIBED ABOVE, WHICH WE HAVE
SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHED. WE HAVE RECEIVED EPA CERTIFICATION (DISCUSS LATER).
WE ARE NOW WORKING ON THE EIGHT-CYLINDER VERSION, AND WE SHOULD BE GOING TO
SwRI APP MID-NOV FOR ENGINE TESTING PRIOR TO SUBMITTAL TO EPA AND CARB FOR
CERTIFICATION OF THAT ENGINE.
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WE ARE ALSO CURRENTLY EVALUATING A PROPANE
ENGINE PLATFORM, AND WE WILL ALSO CONSIDER THE CONVERSION OF OTHER DIESEL
ENGINES TO GASEOUS FUELS AS WE GO FORWARD.
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