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U.S. Domestic Fuel Consumption
• U.S. domestic fuel consumption is ~200 billion gallons per year
– Over 90% of the freight tonnage in the U.S. is managed by diesel fuel powerplants and isn’t going away soon
• The annual fuel consumption for a diesel semi-truck is ~$30,000 per year compared to ~$1,500 for the gasoline vehicle
suggesting much higher margins per product sold for diesel products vs. gasoline.
• The number of fuel-savings product designs that need to be produced to service the diesel freight market is relatively small
and doesn’t require some level of constant redesign per year to address new makes/models of vehicles
• At a conservative 10% relative improvement in fuel economy and $2.5/gallon, the diesel fuel savings market corresponds to
~$7.5 billion annual total market of which at least 50% is readily addressable.
• Markets in China, Europe, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Korea, Brazil readily addressable thru licensing
• Adventuri, LLC is pursuing this diesel market opportunity with its Exhaust Venturi Product
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The Venturi Exhaust Product
• We have developed an aftermarket exhaust system that improves automotive fuel
economy by >15% (1 U.S. Patent/1 U.S. Patent Pending/8 Patents Pending Overseas)
– Previously CARB certified in California (executive order received)
– Has been demonstrated in road trials on multiple vehicles
– Easily installed on new or used vehicles or any internal combustion engine
– Low Cost – pays for itself in <1 year
– Derived from DARPA and NASA technology development awards (2008-2011) for highly fuel
efficient extreme altitude unmanned aerial vehicle engines
• We are pivoting into the very stable diesel market until gasoline prices recover
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Exhaust Suction on Internal Combustion Engines
• We have mapped internal combustion (IC) engines with applied
suction to determine optimal performance parameters using engine
dynamometer, simulated vacuum system, and instrumentation
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• The Adventuri product enhances engine fuel economy and
emissions reduction utilizing strong exhaust suction
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Venturi Exhaust System Overview
• The Adventuri product generates strong engine exhaust suction
using a venturi that ingests air while a vehicle moves
– The slower the vehicle speed, the larger the inlet area to accelerate air
• Applicable to moving powerplants (overland freight trucks, trains,
marine powerplants, fleet vehicles, consumer automobiles)
Hydraulic Jump: As Venturi cold gas expands and
slows, static pressure recovery relative to hot gas stream
static pressure causes vigorous turbulent mixing between
2 fluid streams to balance fluid stream static pressures
Mixing Section
“Choked” Sonic Velocity Venturi Gap:
From design speed up to >80mph, Venturi
mass flow rate is ~ constant
Mixer: Forces hot exhaust pipe flow into
annular flow to promote uniform mixing
with the cold venturi gases in the hydraulic
jump
Well-mixed 2 stream
gas momentum to
recover to local
atmospheric pressure
preserving high
suction Venturi effect
upstream at exhaust
pipe outlet
Low Mach Hot Exhaust Gases
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Customer Channel Partner
• Adventuri has developed a strategic relationship with GoTek
Energy® to be able to utilize their existing customer network
and supply chain partners
– Sales estimate based on 2 major beverage manufacturer fleets and one
OEM truck manufacturer at ramp-up penetrations.
– 2nd
YR. HD truck sales estimated at 3,800 units in the U.S.
– GoTek Energy® receives sales commission incentive
• Customer Validation
– ~2 week lead time from product ready to pre-contract customer
validation
– 6-8 weeks of accelerated road testing by fleet /OEM customer validation
• Contract Sales
– At a wholesale price of $2,390 /unit, annual 2nd
year revenue is $9.1M
– With 1 MPG improvement at a $3,990 installed end-customer sales price;
customer ROI is 10 months. (see note)
NOTE: Average HD Truck mileage is 118.8K mi/yr, @7MPG @ $2.40/gal.
@ 8MPG @ $2.40/gal, fuel cost savings are $5,090 /yr.
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Product Development Strategy - Stage 1
• Prior to designing actual venturi exhaust suction, need to
measure suction levels on actual vehicle powerplant/system:
– Establish Venturi Design Requirements
• Best engine fuel economy under 70%-80% operating conditions (low hanging fruit in
venturi design).
• Can worry about more sophisticated optimization for last 20%-30% downstream
improvements if return-on-investment justifies additional upgrades
– Evaluate emissions improvements
– Ensure no accelerated engine wear
• For overland freight vehicle
applications we’re developing a
vehicle dynamometer testbed to
support such suction mapping
measurements
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Product Development Strategy – Stage 2
• Actual Freight Vehicle Powerplant Testing with Simulated
Suction
• Product Development
– Once Powerplant Suction mapping is done, we can quickly software
design the optimal venturi product for the application using advanced
computational fluid (CFD) software tools
• Product Verification
– Our dynamometer test facility for overland freight vehicles is being
developed to also simulate vehicle speeds with blowers that generate
airflow into the venturi inlets
– These test facilities allow Adventuri to verify product performance prior
to actual product deployment
• Customer Product Validation
– 6-8 weeks of road trial testing on representative customer fleet vehicle
by customer
• Typically fleet operators will run 3 shifts per day of 8 hour driving operations to
accelerate product validations under relevant driving conditions for their operations
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Production & Sales
• Adventuri will own all IP and exhaust venturi designs in the
U.S. with options of licensing (particularly for foreign markets)
• Core elements of the exhaust venturi will be manufactured in-
house or thru a tightly held, redundant network of primary
contract manufacturers
• Accessories and the rest of the venturi kit will be produced by a
larger network of secondary contract manufacturers/product
distributors to help ensure competitive cost control
• Final kit assembly and packaging will be conducted in-house or
thru or at least one of the primary contract manufacturers
• Adventuri will manage supply chain logistics with emphasis on
on-demand production/delivery to help minimize inventory
• Sales will be conducted through existing supply chain partners
under sales commissions agreements until product is well
established
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Summary
• Adventuri, LLC is developing business opportunities for its
disruptive Exhaust Venturi product. This product is designed for
improving fuel efficiency as an aftermarket upgrade for internal
combustion engine applications
• Adventuri is currently focused on diesel freight applications as
its target entry market
– Over 90% of the country’s and world’s freight moves through diesel fuel
and isn’t going away anytime soon. Ongoing competition amongst fleet
operators to continually strive to reduce operations costs ensures stable
market regardless of fuel price
– Much higher per product profit margins compared to small consumer
vehicle applications that consume <5% of equivalent fuel in a year
– Less product variants (~6 core designs will service over 50% of the
industry) and easier to design/produce (more vehicle volume to work with)