Technology

United Fuel Solutions has pioneered the dual use of photocatalysis and nanotech catalysts that enable a stable blend of chemicals with varying properties and gravities to improve the thermodynamic efficiency of hydrocarbon combustion. UFS products are marketed under the brand name CERES™ (Coaction Emission Reactivation of Electromagnetic Spectra). UFS is implementing the CERES technology on railroads (‘RR’), marine vessels, industrial manufacturing, and over-the-road (‘OTR’) vehicles; worldwide. The CERES state-of-the-art technology offers the following unparalleled benefits:

Fuel savings of 10% or greater

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Emissions reduction:

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i.) Up to 92% reduction in soot and smoke, including complete visual elimination of PM 2.5 and PM 10

ii.) Up to 60% reduction ins CO

iii.) Up to 30% reduction in NOx

iv.) Up to 15% reduction SOx

v.) Up to 15% reduction in CO2

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Zero negative effects on the environment, personnel, all hydrocarbon fuels, and equipment, including fuel storage, piping, and pumping systems

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A NET reduction in the emission of ash

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Broad-spectrum applications that work across all distillate and residual hydrocarbon fuels

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Industrial and commercial customers utilizing hydrocarbon fuels will observe a NET ROI

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Safer and cleaner equipment operation, and reduced operating and maintenance costs, for compression-ignited and spark-ignited equipment, including 2-stroke and 4-stroke (low, medium speed RR diesel locomotives, and high-speed OTR vehicles)

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Engineered to provide lubricity enhancement

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There are no adverse oxidation effects during combustion on the equipment, fuel storage, piping, or pumping systems

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CERES is a chemical solution; no modifications are made to any equipment, ensuring manageable deployment via automatic dosing systems attached to fuel depot tanks

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The CERES chemistry basis is an aromatic system that mixes with hydrocarbon fuels; once injected into the fuel system, products remain in a stable solution

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Efficacy across a broad range of operating conditions, including derated equipment and under less than MCR conditions

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CERES products are high-flash and are safe to transport via marine or air with a stable shelf life of at least two years

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Easy-to-install, cost-effective, and robust injection equipment convenient to retrofit with zero downtime. UFS will not modify high-pressure or booster fuel lines; CERES product injection will be directed to the fuel system's low-pressure side

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UFS products are compatible with modern equipment installed with NOx reduction and post-combustion emission reduction technologies and will not conflict with other fuel additives or fuel modifiers

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