… Perkins engines could oper­ate on 100% Hydrotreat­ed Veg­etable Oil (HVO)?

As the glob­al ener­gy tran­si­tion gath­ers pace, the use of alter­na­tive fuels is becom­ing increas­ing­ly rel­e­vant across a range of indus­tri­al appli­ca­tions. One par­tic­u­lar­ly promis­ing solu­tion is Hydrotreat­ed Veg­etable Oil (HVO) – a syn­thet­ic diesel fuel pro­duced from renew­able bio­log­i­cal waste and resid­ual mate­ri­als. It can be used as a com­plete replace­ment for fos­sil diesel. Many Perkins® diesel engines are already ful­ly com­pat­i­ble with HVO – requir­ing no tech­ni­cal mod­i­fi­ca­tions, no loss of per­for­mance, and offer­ing sub­stan­tial ben­e­fits in terms of emis­sion reduc­tion and sus­tain­abil­i­ty HVO:

Key ben­e­fits at a glance

• Drop-in capa­ble: HVO can be used direct­ly in place of diesel (in accor­dance with EN 15940) with­out any changes to the engine or fuel system
• Low­er emis­sions: CO₂ out­put can be reduced by up to 90% on a full life­cy­cle (well-to-wheel) basis
• Clean com­bus­tion: Reduced par­tic­u­late mat­ter and NOₓ emis­sions sup­port com­pli­ance with strict exhaust reg­u­la­tions. Sta­ble per­for­mance: Engine pow­er, torque and fuel con­sump­tion remain consistent
• Stor­age sta­bil­i­ty and cold resis­tance: HVO offers high oxi­da­tion sta­bil­i­ty and excel­lent per­for­mance in low tem­per­a­tures (CFPP down to ‑30°C)
• Broad com­pat­i­bil­i­ty: Suit­able for a wide range of Perkins engine plat­forms – from com­pact indus­tri­al units to high-out­put pow­er systems

Tech­ni­cal back­ground and application

HVO is clas­si­fied under EN 15940 as a paraf­finic diesel fuel and is pro­duced from hydrotreat­ed veg­etable oils as well as waste and resid­ual feed­stocks. Due to its chem­i­cal sim­i­lar­i­ty to fos­sil diesel, HVO is ide­al­ly suit­ed as a replace­ment fuel in exist­ing diesel-based appli­ca­tions. Its use enables sig­nif­i­cant CO₂ sav­ings across the entire fuel life­cy­cle – from pro­duc­tion to com­bus­tion – with­out any addi­tion­al require­ments in terms of main­te­nance or engine oper­a­tion. For oper­a­tors, this presents an imme­di­ate­ly deploy­able solu­tion for reduc­ing emis­sions, espe­cial­ly in cas­es where bat­tery-elec­tric or gas-pow­ered alter­na­tives are not yet tech­ni­cal­ly or eco­nom­i­cal­ly viable.

We would be hap­py to pro­vide you with com­pre­hen­sive advice on the use of HVO in Perkins engines. Please con­tact us by email at [email protected].