Vegetable Oil As Fuel, Can It Be Possible?
Vegetable oil as fuel, is it real? The answer to the question is... Yes! Way back in 1900 at the World's Fair the Otto Company exhibited an engine that they had built to run on pure peanut oil. Even Rudolph Diesel himself researched the usage of vegetable oil as an alternative fuel in engines of his design.
But wait! Before you go running down to the local store and purchase gallons upon gallons of vegetable oil and go pouring into your car think twice because it doesn't work quite that simple. Vegetable oil is thicker than standard oil or gasoline so it must be mixed or diluted with something so that is flows through properly.
This incomplete atomization can cause problems with engine reliability. Incomplete atomization results in incomplete combustion, which results in heavy carbon, build up in the engine which leads to engine failure.
There are several different methods that have been tried to fix the problem such as diluting or mixing the vegetable oil with diesel or kerosene. There are many companies on the market that will sell you hundreds of dollars worth of solvents to complete the atmoization but they don't work it all must be done properly in order to function correctly.
The most used method is by modifying the vehicle to use a two tank system. One fuel tank is filled with vegetable oil; the other is filled with diesel fuel. This method used a pre-heating system and three way valves to start the engine on diesel fuel then, using some type of heat exchanger to heat the vegetable oil to a temperature high enough to reduce its viscosity. When the oil is hot enough the three way valves switch the incoming diesel fuel off and switch the vegetable oil on.
The newer model engines can run on vegetable oil because of the single tank system that is involved and the use of fuel injectors, injector pressure adn other modifications to provide seamless vegetable oil. They are making the pre-heaters which allow the vegetable oil to be heated to a certain temperature so that is can go into the fuel system and run properly. They also come with an automatic feature that allows the car to stop automatically or turn off during cold temperatures.
Yes, vegetable oil as a fuel is possible, and is a viable alternative to fossil fuels. Today's new technology makes it possible to operate your diesel engine flawlessly on vegetable oil without the inconveniences of the older systems. - 21392
But wait! Before you go running down to the local store and purchase gallons upon gallons of vegetable oil and go pouring into your car think twice because it doesn't work quite that simple. Vegetable oil is thicker than standard oil or gasoline so it must be mixed or diluted with something so that is flows through properly.
This incomplete atomization can cause problems with engine reliability. Incomplete atomization results in incomplete combustion, which results in heavy carbon, build up in the engine which leads to engine failure.
There are several different methods that have been tried to fix the problem such as diluting or mixing the vegetable oil with diesel or kerosene. There are many companies on the market that will sell you hundreds of dollars worth of solvents to complete the atmoization but they don't work it all must be done properly in order to function correctly.
The most used method is by modifying the vehicle to use a two tank system. One fuel tank is filled with vegetable oil; the other is filled with diesel fuel. This method used a pre-heating system and three way valves to start the engine on diesel fuel then, using some type of heat exchanger to heat the vegetable oil to a temperature high enough to reduce its viscosity. When the oil is hot enough the three way valves switch the incoming diesel fuel off and switch the vegetable oil on.
The newer model engines can run on vegetable oil because of the single tank system that is involved and the use of fuel injectors, injector pressure adn other modifications to provide seamless vegetable oil. They are making the pre-heaters which allow the vegetable oil to be heated to a certain temperature so that is can go into the fuel system and run properly. They also come with an automatic feature that allows the car to stop automatically or turn off during cold temperatures.
Yes, vegetable oil as a fuel is possible, and is a viable alternative to fossil fuels. Today's new technology makes it possible to operate your diesel engine flawlessly on vegetable oil without the inconveniences of the older systems. - 21392
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