Mirenco’s DriverMax® system takes a unique, proactive approach to the growing problem of heavy duty diesel emissions. Mirenco’s DriverMax® system offers the only option in the heavy duty diesel retrofit market that reduces the formation of diesel particulate matter, or soot, by up to 90 percent.
Below is a demonstration of the DriverMax system.
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If you don't see the videos above you can use the MPEG versions here instead: Before DriverMax® and After DriverMax®.
As you can see, DriverMax® delivers dramatic improvements compared to a standard diesel bus without Mirenco’s technology. The demonstration above was from Xanterra, a bus company serving Grand Canyon National Park. The DriverMax® system is helping to protect one of America’s greatest natural attractions by reducing diesel particulate matter emissions by more than 50 percent.
Rather than merely masking heavy duty diesel emissions through an expensive particulate filter, Mirenco’s system solves the problem at the source, the engine.
The affordable DriverMax® system PREVENTS excess, unburned diesel fuel from spewing out the tailpipe as soot, by delivering only as much fuel as the engine needs. DriverMax® accomplishes this through a solid state, electronic throttle delay and throttle stop that can easily be programmed with a hand-held computer. DriverMax® was created through a collaborative partnership between Mirenco and the U.S. Department of Energy's Kansas City Plant.
While particulate filters need ultra-low sulfur diesel to work effectively, the DriverMax® system works with all grades of diesel fuel. DriverMax® adapts to all types of heavy duty diesel engine platforms, including: transit buses, school buses, shuttle buses, delivery vehicles, over-the-road trucks, mining equipment, construction equipment, and farm implement.
Mirenco’s DriverMax®
system not only cleans the air, it helps the driver better manage
the entire vehicle. Black smoke signals much more than environmental
damage.
Smoke signals:
1. Wasted fuel.
2. Poor combustion.
3. Higher maintenance costs.
The DriverMax® system
benefits the entire diesel vehicle from the throttle to the tailpipe
and works for new and old diesel vehicles.
DriverMax®:
1. Increases fuel efficiency
2. Reduces emissions.
3. Extends vehicle life.
How does it work?
DriverMax® works simply and effectively because it corrects the natural tendency of drivers to over-accelerate when bringing a diesel vehicle up to the desired speed.
Great examples are everywhere. City buses slow down and stop to pick up passengers. The bus driver then goes full throttle to bring the bus up to speed, while leaving behind a black plume of smoke filled with diesel particulate matter.
Then, the driver needs to stop just a few blocks away for the next passenger. DriverMax® evens out the jackrabbit starts and stops by delivering only the amount of fuel that is needed. The results are cleaner emissions, fuel savings, and extended vehicle life.
DriverMax® gives drivers or managers the flexibility to program their diesel vehicles to their specifications. Each diesel vehicle can be programmed independently to match the demands placed upon it and reduce heavy duty diesel emissions. DriverMax® can be programmed on multiple parameters with a hand-held computer for vehicles with electronic fuel injection.
