What year Rangers? What do you mean by 'gate'? Bright Blessings, Kim James Slayden wrote:
> Robert, > > A good many of the Ford Rangers are already set up as FFV's, might want to > check to see if you model is one. Ususlly there is a little plack on the > gate that has a highway and a greenleaf. But I would check with a model > database online to verify for sure. If it is an FFV it will allow you to > run E-85, ie. 85% ethanol - 15% gas. Then you could blend your own. > > James Slayden > > On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, robert luis rabello wrote: > > > Hello everyone! > > > > I now live a little over 40 km away from work, and during my drive > > home tonight I was mulling over the whole idea of using ethanol as a > > fuel for my 2.3 liter Ford Ranger. The problem with distillation, aside > > from legality issues, stems from the energy required to adequately > > separate ethanol from water. So I did a little bit of math in my head: > > > > My truck uses 1 liter of gasoline for roughly every 10 kilometers of > > travel. That's a little more than 3 kw of energy--most of which (at > > least 50%) ends up in either the coolant or the exhaust. For every 10 > > kilometers I drive, I have at least 1 500 watts of "throw away" energy > > available in the form of heat. > > > > Let's pretend for a moment that I have a tank of fermented "beer" > > and a tank of water onboard. The water will be pumped to the front of > > my truck and run through a transmission cooler to lower its > > temperature. The "beer", on the other hand, gets pumped through a heat > > exchanger connected to the hottest part of my truck's radiator. (If I > > need more heat, I can use the exhaust header.) > > > > By designing a "zig zag", or coiled stripping column (using the > > cooled water to regulate temperature), I could separate the ethanol and > > return the tailings to the "beer" tank. (In fact, I COULD use my engine > > to drive a vacuum pump that would allow lower temperature operation > > too!) The ethanol can run through another transmission cooler which > > acts as a condenser, and from there into the truck's main fuel tank. > > > > It's "distillation as you drive"! > > > > Perhaps I need some sleep right now. . . > > > > Has anyone experimented with ethanol using oversized injectors on a > > computer controlled multi port fuel injection engine? > > > > robert luis rabello > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > ADVERTISEMENT > > > > 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 the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > > 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 the Yahoo! Terms of Service > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. 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/
