Harmon Seaver wrote: >--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Harmon Seaver wrote: > > > > >--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, venkat gasn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > HELLOW MR FRIEND, > > > > YES U CAN CONVERT YOUR PETROL ENGINES TO DIESEL INJECTION MODE, > > > > BUT LIFE OF PISTON ,RINGS, SLEEVES WILL BE LESS, > > > > DONT WOREY ABOUT COMPRESION RATIOS AS WOOD GAS WORKES ON > > >LOWCOMPRESION RATIOS. > > > > > > Woodgas does not work well in low-compression engines. Yes, you can > > >get them to run, but woodgas works best in diesel engines, the higher > > >compression the better. Even in a spark ignition engine, you really > > >need to raise the compression to at least 13:1 if you want any sort of > > >decent power off the woodgas. > > > > Other way round actually. > > > > I think if you check the archives of the gasification list, you'll >find that this has been discussed fairly thoroughly, and so far no one >has had a problem with knocking when using woodgas in a high >compression diesel engine. The consensus seems to be that there is no >problem. Indeed, it would be hard to see why there would be since >woodgas has so much less inherent engergy than diesel fuel, and burns >relatively slowly. > In a gasoline engine you need to both raise the compression *and* >greatly advance the spark to burn woodgas effectively. Even so you'll >be lucky to get 50% of the rated power of the engine on gasoline.
Check the refs I gave you Harmon. I'm also a member of the GAS list at Crest, in fact I think you asked me for the address when you wanted to join, didn't you? Keith 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/
