Posted by Krzysztof Lis on August 2, 2010
If you’re at the moment in your life when you’re looking for a new car, and believe you’re going to use it for a while, you should make a wise choice. If you don’t want an electric or hybrid vehicle, you don’t have much to choose from, but only gasoline (spark ignition) or diesel (compression ignition) engines. Which one should you buy?
There is no simple answer to that question. Those engines differ a lot in power/torque and efficiency/MPG, the fuels cost is also different. There are many additional questions you might ask to help you make a decision, e.g. do you want to spend more on the engine that will be more efficient and use cheaper fuel?
So let’s take a look at this question only from one point of view: the ability to use alternative fuels if standard fuels become very expensive or even unobtainable. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
- Wood gas usage – engines
Wood gas is an interesting fuel for internal combustion engines. It can be used in almost all fo...
- Ethanol as an engine fuel
When Otto invented his first internal combustion engine in 1872, people didn't know how to refine (d...
Posted by Krzysztof Lis on June 4, 2010
Many people want to know, whether it’s possible to replace heating oil with diesel fuel. In case heating oil in your tanks run out, is it possible to use diesel fuel instead?
Or the opposite question: is it possible to pour heating oil into your diesel truck fuel tank?
Let’s find out… WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
- Heating value
Heating value is the amount of heat released during a combustion of some fuel. It is sometimes calle...
- Vegetable oil as an alternative fuel
Vegetable oil can be used as an alternative fuel for diesel engines. In this article I'll describe h...
Posted by Krzysztof Lis on July 1, 2008
Liquefied Petroleum Gas, abbreviated as LPG, is an internal combustion engine fuel, a mixture of propane and butane. It is an alternative to gasoline / petrol, in some countries it is very popular. In Poland, where I live, it’s very popular because it’s price is less than half of gasoline price! Because of that the cost of autogas (common name for LPG) conversion is returned pretty quick. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
Posted by Krzysztof Lis on April 17, 2008
In this article we’ll think if it’s is possible and reasonable to use hydrogen as car fuel. I posted some time ago an article about hydrogen fuel car, this will be the second article on hydrogen.
Hydrogen was used as energy carrier for long time. It can be produced from plain water, and can be burnt in engines, burners or other devices to produce energy. But can hydrogen be energy source for automobile transport? WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
- Hydrogen fuel car
This is an article about hydrogen fuel car - a car fueled with hydrogen.
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- Non-usual biodiesel uses
I read today a nice article about 15 Unexpected Uses for Biodiesel. While I was surprised that biodi...