[Gasification] WET ETHANOL IN DIESEL ENGINES

[Greg and April]

I'll give them a look over.

What I know first hand, is that I have not had any problems with as much as 
50% ethanol or isopropanol, in my un-modified diesel LandCruiser, and I 
don't have the soot emissions that it normally has.

Without the alcohol, my LandCruiser tends around lower to mid 30's ( in 
percentage opacity ), when lugged down on a dyno.    With the alcohol, I run 
<7% under the same situations.


Greg H.


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Subject: Re: [Gasification] WET ETHANOL IN DIESEL ENGINES


> Here is one quick link. And a link to the SAEs home site & a link of the 
> results of a search of the SAE site on producer gas.
>
> http://www.epa.gov/OTAQ/presentations/sae-2002-01-2743-v2.pdf
> http://www.sae.org/servlets/index
> http://www.sae.org/servlets/SiteSearch?charset=iso-8859-1&ht=0&qp=&col=portal&qs=&sae_qt1=&qc=&pw=100%2525&ws=0&la=en&qm=0&st=1&nh=25&lk=1&rf=0&oq=&rq=0&si=1&ql=&jsp_name=simplesearch.jsp&qt=producer+gas&ofType=ALL&x=25&y=10
>
> No need to reinvent the wheel in internet age.
>
> Back about 1980 I read a paragraph in a magazine about a alt liq fuel from 
> the Bureau of Mines that I wanted more info on. I called the BoM weekly 
> for 3 months & got nothing. I ended up calling my US congressman weekly 
> for 3 months before I got the report.
>
> Now that same report can be found in readable form minutes online.
>
> FIAT's ethanol/diesel engine that is now being field tested in Brazil, 
> uses port injection of the ethanol.
>
> IMO, an ideal engine for today would be one that had gasified most any 
> fuel into CO + H2 onboard. That way those working on coming up with clean, 
> cheap, renewable trans fuel wouldn't have to worry about if/how it works 
> in the ICE.
>
> Does anyone here know what the bte is of wood gas & under what conditions 
> it is true.
>
> Martin
>