Most of what I've read implies that B100 has less btu/gallon the #2 diesel. However I think this does vary based on what feedstock it's made of. I know that when I ran a '74 mercedes diesel from SVO instead of diesel, all of the knocking at idle went away and you could hear the lifters again, and biodiesel made some of the knocking go away, though not all. No quantitative data on this unfortuneatly.
I looked up the ratings of #1 and #2 diesel, and found that is is supposedly about 45 for #1, and 40 for #2. The solvent effect is interesting. Perhaps keeping the injector clean is the benefit? But I thought that modern diesel had detergents and such included in it to do this. On 9/20/05, Evergreen Solutions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I thought that biodiesel already had a bit higher cetane rating than > > #2 diesel? I know that my truck knocks alot on D2 compared to > > biodiesel, or even B20. > > > Honestly, I don't know. I've read some research which indicates that BD has > less energy per unit than D2, and some which swears that it has more, and > some that says it has the same. I would hasten to wonder if perceived > performance gains aren't from the solvent-effects of BD versus the residue > effects of D2? > > Thanks! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
