Workboats using a hydrogen boost burn less fuel produce less air pollution
Powerful tug boats move about, burning tons of fuel. It takes a lot of energy to go about the work of moving huge ships in and out of the harbors. Coastal tugs, pilot boats, fire boats and a raft of other work boats all preform their required service. Federal Law mandates that large industrial areas reduce emissions (air pollution) from diesel powered vehicles and equipment. For example, stringent regulations concerning nitrogen (NOx), hydrocarbons (HC) and particulate matter (PM) emissions from nonroad diesel engines which includes marine diesel engines under 50 horsepower require reductions. That’s just for engines under 50 HP, but what about larger ones. Obviously, the EPA and state regulatory agencies also have rigorous regulations for these too. Likewise, on road (big truck link) diesel powered highway trucks and construction (construction equipment link) equipment fall under similar regulations, but this is about workboats. The point is, while diesel engines are more efficient than their gasoline equivalents, PM emissions do present a problem. Burning hydrogen along with diesel fuel produces a more efficient, cleaner combustion action than without it. Just its position in the periodic table (number one) reveals much about it. An important atomic characteristic is that hydrogen molecule is its small size (radius 78 pm), while another is its weight is only 1.0079.
Both attributes allow hydrogen to freely mingle with larger heavier carbon elements in diesel fuel. A more thorough burn with less pollutant emissions will immediately be apparent. Such a combustion improvement can easily be explained with a simple example – a campfire. In order to build a campfire (which represents diesel engine combustion), large chunks of wood (represented by diesel hydrocarbon fuel) are needed, and a match (represented by diesel compression) to light the wood. Unfortunately, if the wood is damp, a great many matches will be needed. However, if you add small pieces of wood, called kindling (represented by hydrogen injection) when the match is lighted, the smaller pieces of wood will ignite at once and in turn ignite the larger ones until all the wood is completely (represented by complete combustion) burned. Please note, there is no mention of the campfires size (represented by the engines size). In other words, hydrogen can be marine (diesel) engines of any size. 
Another advantage to using a hydrogen boost in your workboats marine engine is the reduction of crank case combustion contaminates. Engine crankcase oil stays cleaner longer. As will soon become apparent, the many advantages from using hydrogen. Most work boats use hydrogen produced by the electrolysis of water. Systems are easy to install and easier to maintain. Since hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, making up approximately 75% of the universe's elemental mass, the chances of running out of the stuff is pretty remote. More about hydrogen and what it does
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Workboats are the backbone of transportation in the coastal super ports. Ferries carry thousands to work day in and day out.
