On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, murdoch wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 20:47:02 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: > >I can't offer my own data yet, but here's a few others who can: > >http://forums.biodieselnow.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=217 > > > >For energy density, see > >http://www.ott.doe.gov/biofuels/renewable_diesel.html > > > >DOE says 121,000 Btu (per liter? doesn't say) for biodiesel, compared to > >135,000 for typical #2 petro diesel (about 10% less for biodiesel). > > I am unable to find a reference for these figures you cite. I did find this: > > http://www.ott.doe.gov/biofuels/pdfs/lifecycle_ch6.pdf > and this: > http://www.ott.doe.gov/biofuels/pdfs/biodiesel_clean-green.pdf > > both of which cite what are apparently "LHV" numbers for the fuels: > > Biodiesel 117,093 btu per gallon > Diesel 131,295 btu per gallon > > I'm thinking your numbers are HHV numbers, but can't be sure. Could be. Mike ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Sell a Home for Top $ http://us.click.yahoo.com/RrPZMC/jTmEAA/MVfIAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
