Elsbett History






                                Simple Chronology of Elsbett

•    since mid 1980's: Conversion of large engined vehicles (trucks and others),
•    since 1989: Conversion of cars to run on vegetable oil,
•    since 1996: commercial operations converting standard pre-chamber car engines with ELSBETT vegetable oil,
•    since 1999: Direct injection car engines also converted with the ELSBETT 1-tank,
•    since 2000: standard unit-injector car engines also converted with the ELSBETT 2-tank system,
•    since 2000: Conversion of standard direct-injection truck and agricultural engines with a standardised 2-tank ELSBETT system,
•    since 2002: standard common-rail car engines also converted with the ELSBETT 2-tank system.
•    since 2002: Conversion of standard unit-injector truck engines with the 2-tank system,
•    since 2004: Conversion of standard common-rail truck engines with the 2-tank system,
•    Conversion technology for all common types of truck and tractor proven thousands of times,
•    Total fleet mileage so far: over 50 million km in all weather conditions.



If you are interested in a more in depth history and details of Elsbett technology please read the following web pages.

Elsbett Website : Elsbett History

Elsbett Website : Elsbett Technology Presentation for Shanghai International Symposium on I.C. Engine 2003
by Guenter Elsbett, Elsbett-Technology, Hilpoltstein (Germany) and Michal Bialkowsky (University Edinburgh) (.pdf 722kb)

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