Riyadh – Mubasher: Saudi Aramco Technologies Company, Mazda, and the Japanese National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) announced on Wednesday launching a programme for developing advanced fuel combinations in a bid to reduce CO2 emissions.
The two firms will implement a reaft of procedures that will boost efficiency of these combinations.
Mazda, which is a subsidiary of the parent company, Saudi Aramco, said that the project will be completed in 2020, according to a statement.
“In this collaboration, Saudi Aramco will provide low carbon-content new fuels, and Mazda’s contribution will be a high-efficiency advanced prototype engine based on their SKYACTIV technologies,” the statement added.
The programme comprises of fully-fledged CO2 assessment through refinery modelling, engine testing, spray diagnostics, and Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations, Mazda said, adding that “the anticipated benefit of this approach is a holistic view of the ICE’s environmental impact.”
