Scania Receives Grant from FFI to Develop Biofuel Engine

Scania, a manufacturer of trucks and buses for heavy transport usages, has received a grant of SEK 30 million from Strategic Vehicle Research and Innovation Initiative of Sweden to originate a biofuel engine for use in heavy duty commercial vehicles.

The company received FFI financing for the segment of its research development that requires the introduction of an innovative expertise for utilizing alcohol as well as methane gas founded fuels. During its part of the research Scania will try and introduce various systems for blended combustion and ignition of fuel, optimized valve performance, gas exchange system and exhaust gas recirculation. The company will also try and adopt systems for superior catalyst know-how for effective exhaust after treatment. The project forms a part of a joint agreement between Brazil and Sweden in which Scania was involved with Vale Soluções em Energia S.A. (VSE) for some period in the formation of development of ethanol and gas fired industrial engines. The project will enable Scania to work along with people from Chalmers University of Technology and Lund University located in Gothenburg, Sweden and Stockholm-based Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) who are known to be experts in combustion and emission technology

The Strategic Vehicle Research and Innovation Initiative (FFI) is a joint venture involving participation from public sector and vehicle industry. FFI spends approximately SEK 1 billion every year on its R&D activities and receives half of its funding from the Swedish Government. The research is aimed at developing an engine that can amalgamate energy competence of diesel (compression ignition) know-how with the unique and effective exhaust after treatment of Otto (spark ignition) and run utilizing alcohol as well as methane-based gaseous substances.