Sorry for the terrible spelling, grammer and sentance composition - I really should spend some time reading what I just typed before posting...
Brewnog,
I'd not come across mine gas before. From what I just read it would be stupid not to use it.
Best
Darren
I'd agree that the production to support current road fuel use (which is growing) of vegetable oil is propably unachievable. Algae could possibly make a big chunk other oil bearing plants also. Currently the feedstock used tends to be eadible oils which is what we are used to growing and...
I've read top yield of 15 - 20,000 US gal. in high sunlight areas with no sunlight wasted!
See http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=165425&highlight=algae+sunlight
nh mike who makes the informed sounding post apparently works with algae, he's posted a fair bit on that forum about...
With the Mercedes engines we were working with (two different engines one from the 70's aone from the 80's) we had trouble geting the governing of the 80's engine correct as the characteristics of the pumps governor would not behave well when coming off loads.
When we invetigated the economics...
Hello Brewnog,
Sounds like an interesting job. Is the biodiesel interest professional or personal?
I found Kistler, Optrand and Piezocryst with a web search. I guess you recommend Kistlers product?
I've got a data aq. device that can stream at 50khz, which I'm hoping will do the job...
Hello brewnog,
Quite a long discussion (26 pages!) about diy CHP, most made from vehicle engines, biofuel slant (Its a thread on a biofuels forum)
http://biodiesel.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/249605551/m/189605261
This is a good place to get started on a long web trawl...
Sorry I should of prehaps made things a bit more clear. I'm looking at optimising engines to run, not on biodiesel, but pure rapeseed oil (and in future other plant derived oils and fats). Use of these fuels is growing in Europe and the US but it is still a niche and good information on...
Hello Mech_Engineer,
I am not looking for a high performance tune just to optimise combustion with a different fuel.
As I understand it (I could be wrong) EGT and AFR would only be necessary if I wanted to change the fuelling for top end performance. I have the glowplugs which I'm using...
I was involved in the construction of a CHP unit using a 1970's diesel Mercedes light van engine that was connected by v belts to an 1950's slip ring industial motor (run as an alternator) and used for heat and power.
If anyone is interested in following this up I could post a few links to...
First let me say hello and give an introduction.
I have limited academic experiecnce in Physics receiving a C-grade GCSE at 16.
I then spent over a decade owning a maintaining a number of motorbikes, cars, and light and medium commercial vehicles and some light plant machinery. Mainly for...