Introduction

Nowadays, the demand of AdBlue solution is increased rapidly, because the Euro 4-6 Vehicles emission standards are widely popularized. 90% of European countries are implementing SCR system in diesel vehicles. The types of vehicle and usage will be listed in the following detail.

1. Trucks

Scania, Volvo and Mercedes Benz brands of trucks are most used for commercial transportation. The average consumption of AdBlue for HGVs and LCVs will depend of the type of vehicles that you are driving. In general, you can expect consumption to be between 4% to 8% of the diesel consumption. In other words, you will use about 6 litres of AdBlue for every 100 litres of diesel. Therefore you will be filling your AdBlue tank less frequently than your tank for diesel.

2. Public Transport Buses

AdBlue® usage in buses & coaches depends mainly upon the type of routes that are being operated, as AdBlue® does not inject into the exhaust system unless it is above at least 200ºC. As a guide we would recommend using the following estimated consumption for planning storage, but as always the vehicle supplier should be consulted if accurate figures are needed:

3. Domestic Cars

Domestic cars do not have the operating loads compared to a bus or commercial vehicle and because of this the engine sizes are significantly smaller. Additionally typical car mileages are comparatively less than a HGV.  However, the car will have much smaller AdBlue tank, which means there is a likelihood that the car with will require an AdBlue top up between service intervals.

Specific information is available in the vehicle handbook, however, typical usages are:

Mid-class diesel (For example VW Passat or BMW 3-Series) 1 litre AdBlue® for 1,000 km

SUV/MPV class diesel (for example Range Rover): 1.5 litre AdBlue® for 1,000 km

4. Agriculture and Site Equipments

AdBlue® usage by vehicles and machines in this class varies greatly, due to the wide range of operating conditions and engine demands, for example a tractor being used as either a stationary or motive power source.

A ratio of 5 to 10% of the diesel usage is used to calculate the required AdBlue® quantity.