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[hazl] 26/1/2023 19:16

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bioMSAR™ is a renewable version of MSAR® and has undergone extensive pilot testing at QRF to ensure that it’s ready for commercial-scale fuel applications. Below is a summary of application test results to date that demonstrate that bioMSAR™ performance matches our excellent, proven MSAR® fuel.
Aquafuel Testing (Cummins Engine)

Ongoing testing of bioMSAR™ at Aquafuel Research Limited facilities has confirmed that bioMSAR™ is viable as a diesel engine fuel, the efficiency is 3% higher than diesel and emissions results indicate 20-27% lower NOx. The bioMSAR™ fuel being tested reduces CO2 emissions by around 20%.
Aquafuel Testing

Quadrise’s test engine is a high-speed (1500 RPM) 4-cylinder, 4-stroke direct injection Cummins 4BT. The Cummins engine has been modified to allow new fuels and higher inlet temperatures to be tested. The head and flywheel have been modified to install a pressure sensor and allow fuel injection timing to be adjusted respectively.

The engine efficiency using bioMSAR™ and diesel were calculated at 30kW, and under these conditions bioMSAR™ showed 3% higher efficiency compared to diesel using the standard injection settings, where fuel is injected 3% before piston top dead centre (-3° TDC).
Engine Pc Efficiency At 30kw

NOx emissions for bioMSAR™ were consistently lower than diesel at 30kW and 40kW loads.
Nox Emissions At 3040kw

Previous diesel engine tests of MSAR® have shown that advancing injection timing can be helpful in improving fuel combustion and engine efficiency. Earlier injection also simulates combustion at a higher compression ratio, which is useful to predict medium speed 4-stroke and low speed electronic 2-stroke engine performance.

The results below confirm this to be the case for bioMSAR™, with 13% higher efficiency seen when injection timing is adjusted to -12° TDC using an inlet air temperature of approx. 80°C:
Biomsar Advanced Injection Timing

The result of advancing injection timing is that the enhanced combustion and efficiency also leads to elevated combustion temperatures and hence NOx emissions.

However, with bioMSAR™ it was possible to reduce the inlet air temperature, such that NOx levels could be reduced by over 30% resulting in emissions 45% lower than diesel.
Nox Vs Injection Timing

Final NOx levels thus were lower than the original settings for diesel ( at-3° TDC) and, as a result, testing has shown that much higher engine efficiency can be achieved with bioMSAR™, without increasing NOx emissions.

During testing, particulates were assessed visually with levels for both fuels assessed as light. It was expected that particulates may have been higher for bioMSAR™ compared with diesel during these initial tests, given the test engine is designed for diesel and light fuels, however the pre-atomisation of the hydrocarbon appears to be enabling good carbon burn-out and the avoidance of black soot.
VTT TESTING (Wärtsilä 4R32 ENGINE)

bioMSAR™ was successfully tested on a Wärtsilä type-32, 1.64MW medium speed 4-stroke engine by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, and the fuel’s performance was compared to marine diesel as a reference fuel.
The 1.64MW Wärtsilä 4R32 test engine (Courtesy of VTT)
The 1.64MW Wärtsilä 4R32 test engine (Courtesy of VTT)

5 tons of bioMSAR™ was manufactured at QRF, using the same formulation used for the Aquafuel tests (i.e. 40% glycerine, 50% heavy oil residue, 10% water).

Highlights from the VTT Wärtsilä 4-stroke bioMSAR™ test are:

Engine efficiency was higher (up to 7%) than with marine diesel, and is dependent upon load.
Average CO2 emissions were 26% lower on a “well-to-wake” basis, due to a combination of the 40% renewable glycerine content of bioMSAR™ and the higher engine efficiency.
NOx emissions were lower than for prior HFO and MSAR® tests, and comparable to diesel, with further NOx optimisation possible.
Smoke and particulate levels were very low, as were unburned hydrocarbons emissions, due to efficient fuel combustion.
The existing fuel pumps and injectors worked well with bioMSAR™.

TEST RESULTS

Reference tests were carried out on marine diesel prior to testing bioMSAR™. Results are presented below to show how bioMSAR™ performance compares with conventional diesel at 75% load (approx. 1.2MW), which is a typical operating regime for a marine 4-stroke diesel.

Comparative results from prior MSAR® and HFO testing by VTT on the same engine are also shown.
ENGINE EFFICIENCY

The efficiency of an engine is a function of how effectively fuel energy is converted into power, net of any losses. Higher engine efficiency results in lower fuel consumption and lower greenhouse gas emissions.

The results show that bioMSAR™ was consistently more efficient than diesel, ranging from 1-7% better at engine loads of 50-90%.

The efficiency results for bioMSAR™ are consistent with prior MSAR® performance testing, which showed an efficiency benefit of over 5% versus HFO at high loads.
Vtt Engine Efficiency

GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) EMISSIONS

The shipping industry is looking to standardise the reporting of climate impact from fuels on a “well-to-wake” life-cycle basis that includes GHG emissions from feedstock extraction, fuel production, transportation and combustion. These factors are standardised to provided equivalent GHG emissions per unit energy, and have been used to calculate the GHG of bioMSAR™ against diesel below. The baseline life-cycle GHG emissions from diesel is 90 gCO2e/MJ, compared with 69 gCO2e/MJ for bioMSAR™, which is 23% lower due to the renewable glycerine content. This is comparable with a fuel change to natural gas, but without the risk of methane slip or efficiency loss in the engine.

The overall GHG emissions are also impacted by the efficiency of the engine. As a result, the CO2 reductions for bioMSAR™ were 24-29% compared with diesel over the range of normal engine loads (50-90%).

By comparison CO2 reductions for MSAR® (5% lower CO2 than HFO at 75% load) are due to the engine efficiency benefits, which are helpful in reducing GHG emissions by simply changing fuel to MSAR®.
Vtt Well To Wake Co2
OXIDES OF NITROGEN (NOx) EMISSIONS

NOx emissions from engines are a function of fuel NOx and thermal NOx, but largely the latter. The higher the combustion temperature, the higher the thermal NOx, which is produced from the decomposition of combustion air.

In diesel engines there’s a trade-off between engine efficiency and NOx emissions, with higher efficiency leading to higher NOx emissions generally.

For bioMSAR™, the higher engine efficiency led to NOx emissions comparable with diesel, which contains virtually zero fuel nitrogen. bioMSAR™’;s NOx emissions are lower than prior MSAR® or HFO tests.

Further reductions of bioMSAR™ NOx are possible by tuning the engine parameters, however the VTT test was limited in duration. Further bioMSAR™ NOx optimisation is planned for forthcoming Aquafuel tests. Earlier Aquafuel tests achieved NOx reductions of 20-25% versus diesel on a high speed 4-stroke engine.

Commercial experience on Wärtsilä 4-stroke engines (>150,000 hours) have also shown that >20% NOx reductions are typical for oil-in-water emulsion fuels such as MSAR® over a range of normal engine loads.
Vtt Nox Emissions
PARTICULATE MATTER (PM) / SMOKE EMISSIONS

PM and smoke emissions from engines are a function of fuel quality and combustion efficiency of the fuel and engine. The hydrocarbon droplets of bioMSAR™ are “pre-atomised” to enhance combustion efficiency and reduce emissions of smoke, Black Carbon and PM.

Smoke opacity is generally used in the field to quantify black smoke and PM related emissions using a light scattering/absorption device. The resulting Filter Smoke Number (FSN) is used to quantify the visible smoke. FSN values for bioMSAR™ were consistently lower than diesel and other fuels tested.

PM emission values for bioMSAR™ were lower than HFO and MSAR®, due to the presence of glycerine that contains negligible ash, but marginally higher than diesel which contains ultra-low sulphur and ash in the fuel.

The results indicate low Black Carbon emissions are achieved with bioMSAR™, as with MSA

[kreature] 26/1/2023 19:00

Only 3% down today. Could ve been worse.
Anyway, backward march, look to the past as they say, well done?

[becclesbasher] 26/1/2023 18:25

Apparently the Leandra is en route to somewhere else now according to posters on the "other" board.

[misca2] 26/1/2023 14:31

Lets stick to current facts and news and not personal attacks on posters nor past writeups

Look to the future guys

[tongosti] 26/1/2023 14:23

Share price is truth. According to the likes of Stan Druckenmiller and Paul Tudor Jones. Does one take the above gentlemen's word on the topic or that of a clueless online punter called Rodney... hmmm ... tough one innit

[hazl] 26/1/2023 14:19

The ship has been selected and travelled to it's destination.
It is called the Leandra.
For anybody new it has been discussed at length further back.

Some posters do not stick to the truth here sadly.

IMO

[z1co] 26/1/2023 14:05

k

Have you just bought 1,297,944 shares @ 1.5399p.

Don't be shy tell everyone it was you!

[kreature] 26/1/2023 14:00

Actually, the MSC trial will begin last year at the latest. That’s subject only to the availability of the vessel, and has nothing to do with the fact that it won’t happen.

[becclesbasher] 26/1/2023 13:38

According to the "other"chat board the trial with MSC will now take place in the second quarter of the year. It did not however specify which year.

[hazl] 26/1/2023 13:36

We await news!


Unfortunately until then the the ones with no knowledge ...and no success with shares

themselves ....see K's PURP will keep up the dialogue as they have now for years.

He seems no good at finding good ones, so spends his life knocking others by the looks of it.

I challenged them to not post and they couldn't do it....they are especially vocal when the share is rising....why is that you have to ask yourself?

I am certainly occupied elsewhere, so have no need to read their repetitive rubbish until then.

IMO

[kreature] 26/1/2023 11:28

Sorry, one thought we were discussing the yet to find a fuel supply MSC trials

[z1co] 26/1/2023 11:10

K

Not misleading anyone the trials will start very soon and the share price will go past 3p at the very minimum.

[z1co] 26/1/2023 11:09

16 January 2023


Business Update

Quadrise Fuels International plc (AIM:QFI), the supplier of innovative energy solutions for a cleaner planet, provides the following update on its current projects.

January 2023 project status:

-- Morocco - Following previously reported delays, the bioMSAR(TM) fuel arrived at the client site during December. The MSAR(R) fuel is currently at Moroccan customs, awaiting final clearance. Quadrise visited the client site earlier this month to progress the engineering set-up and to expedite the project actions once Moroccan customs have been cleared. We anticipate that the remaining logistical issues will be resolved this month so that the trial can then proceed as planned. Quadrise expects a successful trial to be followed thereafter by discussions to conclude a commercial fuel supply agreement

[sallad3] 26/1/2023 10:47

Delighted to see further support on this board for my LNG recommendation of GTT many years ago. Multi-bagger.

[kreature] 26/1/2023 10:44

Finally about to start? Why do you say that ? When exactly will they start ?

You know that you’re not allowed to mislead readers right?

[z1co] 26/1/2023 10:20

The trolls are getting all exited they know the trials are finally about to start.

[hazl] 26/1/2023 10:14

What you have to remember is that MSC have stated that they wish to use a mix of different alternative fuels and that NO ONE ALTERNATIVE will suit their purposes at present.


Unfortunately we have two groups of posters who are producing as many articles/reasons that purport to be negative to QFI.

As I have said they wish to support and try QFI, that is clear ,going to all the trouble of obtaining a ship especially for the purpose.

Shipping is a complicated business and changes take time.



Thank goodness that QFI's product requires no changes in infrastructure ...is transitionary ,safe,effective and saves money!
No wonder MSC are trying us out as soon as they can.


IMO

[the grumpy old men] 26/1/2023 10:09

Maersk and MSC to End 2M Global Shipping Alliance


The pact is to conclude in 2025 as the industry faces reduced demand and lower freight rates.

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Someone mentioned that the split was really due to MSC not wishing to share the future success of the QFI biofuel

[vauch] 26/1/2023 09:09

Projects like Utah, Well it will be delayed yet again.

[tongosti] 26/1/2023 09:04

Individual earnings or company earnings??

[the grumpy old men] 26/1/2023 08:38

Upcoming events on QUADRISE FUELS INTERNATIONAL PLC


March/27/2023 Interim 2023 Earnings Release (Projected)

[the grumpy old men] 26/1/2023 08:30

E-fuel delivery for the shipping sector
26 January 2023 - 08:24AM
PR Newswire (US)


MPC Container Ships and INERATEC sign offtake agreement for sustainable marine diesel

KARLSRUHE, Germany, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MPC Container Ships (OSE: MPCC) and INERATEC have signed an agreement for the supply of synthetic Marine Diesel Oil (MDO) made from biogenic CO2 and renewable hydrogen, with delivery set to start in 2024.

The shipping industry is undertaking great efforts to decarbonize and, due to its drop-in compatibility, synthetic MDO can directly replace conventional fossil fuels used today by existing vessels. Early collaboration between e-fuel providers and offtakers across industries is an important factor for scaling up production volumes and driving decarbonization. With this agreement, MPC Container Ships kickstarts the transition towards carbon neutral, synthetic diesel in the shipping sector.

"While there will be a variety of different fuels in the future, the synthetic MDO produced by INERATEC is of particular relevance as it can be used both in conventional combustion engines on our existing vessels and as pilot fuel for our methanol powered new buildings," said Constantin Baack, CEO of MPC Container Ships.

"As a key building block of the decarbonization of our industry, we expect that green fuels may come to be included as part of vessel hire, in which case it will be vital for MPCC to have a strong relationship with fuel providers," Baack continued.

"In order to make a sustainable future with e-fuels possible, INERATEC is acquiring partners all around the world. Following projects that target the production of SAF, car fuel and sustainable chemicals we are really happy to partner with MPCC to bring a sustainable product into the shipping industry," adds Philipp Engelkamp , CCO of INERATEC.

INERATEC has already started the manufacturing phase for its pioneer plant in Frankfurt, where the majority of the sustainable fuel will be produced. After the commissioning phase it will deliver up to 3.5 million liters of SAF (sustainable aviation fuel), marine Diesel and synthetic chemicals to transform industries. From there, the German clean tech company will lead the ramp-up of e-fuel production at additional sites world-wide, reducing megatons of CO2 emissions and thus fueling the climate-friendly future.

About INERATEC

INERATEC is a pioneer in the field of Power-to-Liquid applications. The company supplies sustainable fuels as well as chemical products. Modular chemical plants for power-to-X and gas-to-liquid applications use hydrogen from renewable electricity and greenhouse gases such as CO2 to produce e-kerosene, CO2-neutral gasoline, clean diesel or synthetic waxes, methanol or SNG. Founded in 2016, INERATEC has already implemented industrial-scale power-to-liquid plants at German sites to boost the availability of sustainable fuels and chemicals in various transport sectors such as aviation. Further information can be found via www.ineratec.com

About MPC Container Ships

MPC Container Ships ASA (ticker "MPCC") is a leading container tonnage provider focusing on small to mid-size container ships. Its main activity is to own and operate a portfolio of container ships serving intra-regional trade lanes on fixed-rate charters. The Company is registered and has its business office in Oslo, Norway. For more information, please visit

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INERATEC GmbH
Isabel Fisch
+ 49 721 86484460
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