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| Sunday, 11 August 2002 |
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Bio-engineered products to enhance fuel efficiency by Elmo Leonard A range of products is being introduced to the Sri Lankan marketplace to enhance the efficiency of petrol, diesel and furnace oil and cut costs of fuel usage and maintenance of engines and industrial plants. The products are a range of bio-engineered natural enzymes extracted from green plant material. It is made by Solpower Japanese Corporation, Tokyo. The company started commercial production in 1989 and now sells its products in 50 countries including USA, UK and Japan. The Japanese inventor of the product, Dr Masatsuaga Sasanuma, was in Colombo recently, and said that the product was formulated in 1981 following years of research. When the appropriate enzymatic products are introduced to the fuel tanks of motorcycles, automobiles, trucks and industrial plants, less fuel is used, emissions are more environmental friendly, and the formation of sludge is eliminated. "Without the formation of sludge, the efficiency of the engines would not be stalled," the media was told. The product, known commercially as Soltron, has different uses for petrol and diesel; for reducing smoking in diesel engines; and for bunker fuels. The product is the only enzymatic fuel treatment in the world, Dr Sasanuma claimed. It had been tested at the Queen's University of Belfast and conforms to commercial claims. The European Parliament had acknowledged the environmental breakthrough in the reduction of harmful gases from all fossil fuels the product is able to bring about. The local distributor of the product is M.N. International (Pvt) Ltd., Kelaniya (MNI). It was introduced to Sri Lanka a year ago, but only now is being made available to the retail trade. Keiji Ineue (agent for South East Asia) said the product was available at all fuel stations in Japan. The Government has revealed its intention to enforce emission legislation from January 1, 2003, and MNI Chairman Sunil Mudumpitiya said that his company had the chemicals needed to rise to the demand. |
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