TML-SALES 0 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Has anyone had good experience with using a fuel catalyst in their yacht or powerboat? This is common practice in the USA and has created some interest here in NZ. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clive 13 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Have any been independently scientifically proven to work yet? I thought they were in the magic water homeopathy basket still. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,211 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Like Clive - pretty damn skeptical see http://www.government-fleet.com/article/story/2010/11/mythbusters-fleet-edition.aspx for example. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin McCready 83 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 A catalyst is something that speeds up a chemical reaction. But it is not consumed in the process.A chemical reaction, most especially oxidation, produces heat. A catalyst usually needs to be pre heated till ot reaches it's reaction temperature and then the reaction continues to produce the heat in the which the catalyst uses to increase the reaction. in the case of Hydrocarbons, one particular Catalyst I use in a cracking situation, has a trigger heat point over 400degC. The temperature then rises on it's own as the catalyst works. The catalytic converter in a Cars exhaust can be tested if ot is working properly, simply by measuring the Exhaust temp entering, which could be a few hundred degree's and the temp of the exhaust exiting the Cat converter, which is often a hundred degrees or mpre higher.So basically, a Cat converter in the Fuel tank or line is a myth. Another myth is a Magnet in the Fuel line. Stay well away from those De Bug, De Mag and whatever other name they are sold under. I got my hands on two unit's and I have carried out extensive testing with both. They do absolutely nothing. A complete waste of time and money. In fact, all it consists of, is an aluminium filter body with two (and I hear the latest model is using 3) Ferrite donut shaped magnets, that you woud find on the magnet structure of a Loudspeaker transducer. A couple o plastic spacers direct the fuel in through one and out around the other and then exits the filter body. It DOES NOT filter anything. It DOES NOT kill Bacteria or Algae in the Fuel.Another advertising claim I have seen re magnets in Fuel lines ( not the names above) is that it causes the Molecules or Atoms (can't remember which) to be aligned so they vaporise better or something along those lines. Also COMPLETE BOLLOCKS. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 640 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 what about a bio fuel motor?then a separate tank for the adblu?suppose to be less carbon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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