[Bioconversion] Fireball Express

[Jeff Davis]

On Wednesday 01 November 2006 11:45 pm, Paul Harris wrote:
> Diesel gives the option of vegetable oil if you run out of fireballs (or
> for starting quickly/short runs!)

Ken Boak wrote:
> North America has been a relative latecomer to the merits of diesel fuelled
> vehicles compared to Europe and the rest of world.
> 
> In Europe, we have reached the point where just over 50% of all new car
> sales are diesel, and trucks and buses have been diesel for decades.
> 
> The diesel engine offers superior fuel efficiency and longevity compared to
> the Otto/gasoline IC engine.  In short this offers a better commercial deal.


Ken and Paul have good points!!!

Furthermore a diesel is cleaner under the hood. What I mean is less junk, like 
smog pumps etc. The ones that I have seen, anyways, have looked neater. 

They sound nice!

Possibly the biggest advantage would be consuming some "on-road" diesel and 
thus keeping the police happy.

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On the flip side; the gas/Otto engine can also burn gasoline if one is not 
using the gasifier. It can also burn ethanol, methanol, natural gas (NG) and 
propane (LPG). It may be best to just use producer-gas (diesel pilot fuel OK 
with the diesel engine). Reason being, if we never force ourselves to use 
this technology we may never work the bugs out.

With fuel reforming you can increase the efficiency of the Otto engine. MAYBE 
it has something to do with heats of combustion? Since fuel reforming takes 
advantage of waste exhaust heat, could it be that this heat makes up for the 
negative heats of combustion? This should also work with a biodiesel fueled 
Otto engines.

Otto engines consume fewer resources to produce.

The Otto engine doesn't have an expensive fuel injector pump to overhaul.

The Otto engine's efficiency could also be increased by employing the modified 
Atkinson cycle. 



Just some thoughts and undecided,


Jeff




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