NanoEFX for agriculture
NanoEFX is a passive, water-based air-filter treatment for combustion engines with a treatable intake filter or intake medium. Based on results observed across multiple documented combustion-engine applications, we have reason to expect an effect in suitable agricultural engines. We have not yet run an agricultural trial, however, so we do not assign a sector-specific fuel-saving percentage to tractors, harvesters or other farm machinery.
| Treatment | Passive, water-based air-filter coating — not a fuel additive or ECU remap |
|---|---|
| Applies to | Tractors · Combine & forage harvesters · Sprayers · Irrigation pumps · Forestry machines |
| Fuels | Diesel · Biodiesel · HVO renewable diesel |
| Application | Sprayed onto the existing air filter · 20–45 min · no downtime |
| Reapplication | By run-hours / season (how hard the machine is worked) |
| Engine changes | None — no modification, remap or retrofit |
| Regulatory context | EU Stage V engine-emission standards (non-road mobile machinery) |
A coating on the air filter — not a fuel additive or a remap
NanoEFX is sprayed onto the engine's existing air filter, where it dries into a thin, breathable nano-coating. As the engine draws air through that treated surface, the coating conditions the intake air before combustion — supporting a cleaner, more complete and more efficient burn. For a farm fleet, that means the same treatment works across every engine that breathes through a treatable filter.
What it is
- A passive nanostructured intake-air treatment
- Applied to the air filter you already service
- Water-based — dries to a thin, breathable coating
- Works before combustion, at the intake-air stage
What it isn't
- A fuel additive or oil additive
- An ECU remap or tuning
- A mechanical retrofit or powered device
- Anything that changes how you operate
Three pressures every farm operator already feels
These are the forces that make intake-air efficiency worth acting on — independent of any single engine or duty cycle.
Fuel is a major input cost
Field operations are fuel-intensive, and fuel is a large, controllable cost on the farm. Because the effect repeats over every operating hour, even a modest efficiency gain accumulates across a season.
Sustainability in food supply chains
Buyers and farm-assurance schemes increasingly ask for lower-carbon production. A more complete burn means less wasted fuel and lower emissions from field machinery.
Non-road emission standards
Farm engines fall under non-road emission standards such as EU Stage V. Cleaner combustion — less CO, unburned hydrocarbons and soot — supports operating within a tightening framework.
Want the numbers for your own fleet? The ROI & EU ETS calculator models fuel-cost and carbon-cost savings from your own figures — you set the efficiency assumption.
Regulatory sources: EU Stage V — Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 (non-road engines) · Other regions (USA, Japan, China, and more) →
No trial data from this sector
Why this sector matters — independent figures
EU agriculture and forestry consumed 26.4 million tonnes of oil equivalent in 2023, 3.0% of total EU energy consumption — and oil and petroleum products still supplied 58.3% of the sector’s direct energy.
Source: Eurostat — agriculture & forestry energy use, 2023. Published by the organisation named; retrieved 15 August 2026. These are sector figures, not our measurements — ours are below.
We have no agricultural trial data. No tractor, harvester or irrigation pump appears anywhere in our records.
The nearest evidence we hold
Nothing in our evidence transfers cleanly. The nearest duty cycle we have measured is heavy road haulage: four diesel vehicles at Inabe Logistics Service in 2016 — two 10 tonne tippers and two trucks — improved by 4.9% to 7.1% in fuel efficiency measured in km/L, a median of 6.3%. Those are road vehicles. A tractor under sustained PTO load is a different machine doing a different job, and we will not present that figure as an indication for farm equipment.
What a trial here would have to look like
Field work is seasonal and highly variable, so a credible agricultural trial needs either a full year-on-year comparison of the same operation, or treated and untreated machines working the same task in parallel with hours and area logged. We would rather run one properly than quote a number from elsewhere.
Inabe Logistics Service
Nearest duty cycleTwo 10 tonne tippers and two trucks: +4.9% to +7.1% in fuel efficiency measured in km/L, median +6.3%. Road duty — not a tractor under sustained PTO load.
Read the trial →All trial results, including the weak and mixed ones → · every individual measurement we hold
How a trial is run and what each method can show: measurement methodology. What we measured at the exhaust: emissions. Everything in one place: the evidence section.
From the main tractor to the irrigation pump
A farm is rarely one machine. NanoEFX applies to agricultural engines that breathe through a treatable air filter, and it conditions the intake air regardless of the fuel burned.
Equipment types
Fuels
No workshop, no downtime, no new hardware
NanoEFX is applied by your own team, onto the air filter they already remove at service. It rides on the maintenance you do anyway rather than adding a new one.
What a cleaner burn means for a farm fleet
NanoEFX doesn't add energy or oxygen and doesn't modify your engine — it helps the engine waste less of the energy already in the fuel. NOx response is engine- and control-system dependent.
Common questions from operators
Does NanoEFX work on tractors and farm diesel engines?
Will it change the engine or affect the warranty terms?
How often does it need reapplying over a season?
Can it help lower the carbon footprint of production?
Don't take the claim — measure it
The most honest evidence is your own baseline. In a NanoEFX pilot you run a controlled trial on your own engines, measured against your own fuel data — and you only pay if it proves savings.