FAUN Zoeller (UK) Limited based in Worcestershire has developed a new drive concept that is both easy on your resources and good for the environment. The new generation: ultra-quiet, very economical and extremely robust.
The engine of a waste collection vehicle has to perform with great versatility during its working day. With the DUALPOWER option, FAUN Zoeller (UK) Limited has created an optimized power train with its own hybrid diesel-electric power unit that stores the energy otherwise lost when braking and sensibly reuses it to carry out the various work processes required when collecting waste. This not only relieves the vehicles main engine, but substantially increases fuel consumption and substantially decreases CO2 emissions into the environment. Instead of energy-intensive compressed air brakes, the FAUN Zoeller (UK) Limited ROTOPRESS DUALPOWER is equipped with an electrical braking system that not only promotes energy recovery, it also greatly minimizes brake wear. The additional power unit is fitted with a soundproofing capsule, which considerably reduces noise compared to a conventional waste collection vehicle without hybrid drive.
33% less fuel consumption
Fuel consumption is accounting for an increasingly high percentage of the total cost of operating a waste disposal vehicle and has therefore become a major overhead. Current estimates put the figure at approximately 40 percent. The new FAUN Zoeller (UK) Limited ROTOPRESS DUALPOWER saves around one third of the cost of fuel required for daily operation.
33% fewer CO2 emissions
Source: http://www.faun-zoeller.co.uk/c02-saving/
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