10084468OPTIMISER2.0: Deployable, clean fuel selection and smart monitoring in-tank solution for a variety of engine and tank combinations to reduce emissions and fuel consumptionClosedCollaborative R&DInnovate UKFuel becomes contaminated from water, particulates and bacteria settling to the bottom of fuel tanks. Fuel contamination leads to engine damage, machine downtime and reduced productivity; particularly in construction and road haulage. FuelActive has achieved demonstrable success in the fuel solutions market through developing innovative retrofitted fuel-delivery and monitoring systems that help prevent breakdowns with two products currently: * **FuelActive:** Floating fuel-extraction pipe delivering the cleanest fuel, mitigating injector damage and engine failure * **iFuelActive:** Smart fuel-extraction unit utilising in-tank sensors/telemetry to remotely monitor fuel-quality This project will evolve FuelActive's conceptual 'Optimiser' design to create a seamlessly deployable solution across a variety of engine and fuel tank combinations that can be directly installed within equipment/vehicles during maintenance cycles or at pre-delivery inspections (aftermarket) and confirm unit technical specifications for production samples. Consequently, allowing Optimiser to attain vehicle Type Approval post-project and become highly-scalable within numerous vehicle production plants and fuel-types. Currently, fuel pick-ups fulfil a single function; to extract fuel and are static devices, resulting in exposure to contamination at the bottom of the tank. Optimiser combines a dynamic fuel pick-up with a fuel-sender to extract the cleanest fuel, with on-board fuel-quality monitoring; preventing contaminants entering the system. Real-time fuel temperature, quality, pressure and flow-analysis information will enable remote analytics, predictive maintenance and improve fuel-stock management (on-site/multiple vehicles). ECU integration provides benchmarks for fuel consumption, diagnostic alerts, engine performance, vehicle utilisation, route-planning, improved driver behaviour (over-revving, heavy-acceleration, harsh-braking, aggressive cornering, idling) and fuel/vehicle theft. Large inefficient diesel engines combined with high annual mileage accounts for 39% of the transport sector's CO2/NOx emissions (~5% of fossil-fuels) globally. Optimiser provides an immediate response for COP28, with ~5% CO2/NOx reduction; effectively removing 1-in-20 existing vehicles if adopted at-scale. This project will deliver a step-change to existing fuel-extraction systems by supplying the cleanest fuel from Day-1\.