Posted by Krzysztof Lis on November 11, 2011
A lot of people say that biodiesel is the future biofuel. You can pay to learn how to make biodiesel (or read it for free here) and buy an expensive biodiesel processor (or make your own for small fraction of the price). But is biodiesel really a good alternative to petrodiesel?
I believe not. I think that it’s better to use straight or waste vegetable oil, and not biodiesel. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
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 June 2, 2010
I don’t want to repeat all the great information about diesel fuel that’s already published on Wikipedia, so instead I will just insert this article here. I will use this article as a reference in my future posts.
The contents of the article below are automatically updated, so you can say it’s up to date. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
- Natural gas
This is a copy of article from Wikipedia. It's automatically downloaded from Wikipedia, so it update...
- LPG – article from Wikipedia
I put this article here as a reference to all other articles on LPG - Liquefied Petroleum Gas. In mo...
Posted by Krzysztof Lis on March 15, 2008
Diesel engines, called also compression ignition engines, are internal combustion engines operating on Diesel cycle. The principles of this cycle as well as first diesel engine were discovered in 1890s by Rudolf Diesel.
The combustion in diesel engine is started when the pressure in combustion chamber exceeds ignition point of fuel injected to the chamber. During the compression stroke, the air inside the combustion chamber is compressed and because of that it increases it’s temperature. On a proper timing fuel is injected to the combustion chamber and ignites from the hot air inside. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »