Hello forum,
i'm making the first aprouch to carbon foot print made by the 40 forklifts that i manage in a factory. So i have problem to solve to make the conection from the number's of NOX, CO and HC from the Hyster forklifts and my number's of productivity.
So Hyster gave me the following number's
in g/kWh
Idle :
CO = 0,3
HC = 151
NOX = 342
High Idle no load :
CO = 0,41
HC = 63
NOX = 1,155
Tielt Relief:
CO = 0,39
HC = 63
NOX = 1,862
But my number's of productivity came in hours: stoped, elevation and moving.
So my problem is to cross this number's : hour's Versus g/kWh.
Can anyone help ?
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Thanks for the answer Johnr_j,
well probably my english is not the best, but my post is about gas emissions. I have to determine the amount of CO emissions of all forklifts. This is mandotory to the company determine the amount of carbon is necessary to put the product in the clients hands.
So my big problem is that my only data from the forklifts is hours worked ( stall, idle and elevation ), and i don't have from Hyster a conversion table that i have could aply to like example : if the forklift A have 1000 hours idle, 50 stall and 200 elevations along April Month, had 2400 g CO emission, 200 g NOX emission and so on.
Not certain what you mean by the carbon foot print. Are you referring to the in plant air quality where these 40 forklifts are operating? You need to clarify this first. But my initial thoughts you might find the approach you wish to take very difficult & some what unreliable as you would need to know the per cent of time each forklift is operated at idle , high speed no load & under max load. - but in reality forklift engine - generally operate a levels below these points (except at idle).
The data provided by Hyster is in a common format used by lift truck companies to demonstrate compliance to various engine emission standard under various accepted & standardized engine running conditions with an engine in top shape - like new. In the US forklift must comply to our EPA, Tier IV standards at the time of manufacture. But the end user needs to be concerned about the air quality in side the building which is more related to the air exchange system than the actual lift truck. This is to say you can have the cleanest burning engine you can find & without adequate air exchange you can exceed in plant emission standards.
There are "sniffers" than can be used to measure you in plant air quality levels.
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