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OakTec test hydrogen engine prototype
OakTec 260cc experimental prototype engine running on hydrogen for the first time. After just a couple of minutes running, the engine was delivering 5HP at 3000 rpm with zero emissions. By running ultra lean burn the NOx is all but eliminated. OakTec plans to develop a fully optimised hydrogen engine.
Watch This Pulse-R Engine Video by KTN
A video by KTN made for Innovate UK tells the Pulse-R story.
Latest Pulse-R on Display at Rushlight Show
The OakTec team exhibited at the 2018 Rushlight show, held this year at the Royal Geographic Society and opened with a keynote speech from Claire Perry, Minister for Energy and Clean Growth. The day long show highlights innovation in the cleantech sector. The show featured many projects funded within Innovate UK’s Energy Catalyst programme, of […]
OakTec successfully completes multi-fuel MOD project
OakTec has recently completed an MOD funded project to develop the Pulse-R engine technology for multi-fuel use. The project brief was to design a Pulse-R engine that would run on fuels as diverse as propane gas to diesel and kerosene. Maintaining efficiency and emissions performance using ‘heavy oil’ fuels was challenging, but the application of […]
OakTec CEO Paul Andrews accompanies Prime Minister Theresa May on her first trade mission to India
Paul Andrews, CEO of Lancashire-based engineering firm OakTec, travelled with the Prime Minister Theresa May on the recent UK Trade Mission to India, her first international trade visit. OakTec has developed the Pulse-R™ multi-gas and multi-fuel engine, which is ideal for use in various applications in India due to having low levels of emissions, high […]