Unless I'm emitting black or white smoke out of my exhaust, the combustion events have completely exhausted any available fuel to burn. Diesels are an unthrottled engine, meaning they're always breathing in as much air as possible. Meaning, only normal small amounts of unburned fuel escape and a surplus of oxygen escape the exhaust. All combustion engines produce toxic exhaust fumes. Show me why I should think that running my truck on 33% waste oils is going to pollute dramatically more than running it on straight #2 diesel. I've heard fear mongering statements like yours before. The only ones that say you shouldn't do it are the ones that don't have a diesel engine to try it on or really believe that waste oils are magically recycled into lollipops. Waste oil hurts the environment no matter what. I'm just using it to my own ends to save thousands in fuel costs. I haven't put anything in the environment that wasn't already going there to begin with.
BTW, I do have access to an emissions testing machine AND an endless supply of waste oils. Emissions testing before and after I implemented my use of waste oil as a fuel had ZERO effect on the emissions my truck was already spewing out on #2 diesel, which is mainly NOx on a diesel engine. My 2001 vehicle was not equipped with a DPF or catalytic converter from the factory. The exhaust goes straight out of the engine and doesn't go through any after-treatment system. I find the emissions ppm numbers especially satisfying because had I been equipped with any kind of after-treatment system, any extra emissions might've been masked by after-treatment.
Gear oils in sufficient quantities will make cold starts take longer since they're a 90-140 weight oil. Too much regular motor oil will do the same. Trans and hydraulic fluid don't seem to affect cold start much and I'm sure it's because they're thinner oils. I do just mix them all into a barrel and pump it out when I need it. Any information on performance was gathered during my initial implementation when I was testing out separate waste oils to be used as fuels. I quickly learned my diesel will burn anything. I could probably run off rat shit if I could find a way to get it past the injectors.
I've been doing this for about 90k miles and I haven't had a single fuel system related component fail. Fuel mileage has been rock steady since I started mixing waste oils in my fuel tank. I do have tougher cold starts when it gets down to less than 15*F.
Waste oil heaters are approved by the EPA for burning any of the stuff I put in my fuel tank. Waste oil heaters don't have any special thing that makes them cleaner than running the waste oil through my engine. Also, my engine's combustion chamber fires at far higher temperatures than a waste oil heaters does. I have no doubt my vehicle has higher emissions than a comparable vehicle running straight #2 diesel. However, most waste oil gets burned as fuel anyhow. So, I've done nothing to change what would already be put into the air. I've just utilized it myself and saved thousands of dollars in fuel costs.
I've been putting used motor oil, hydraulic fluid, transmission fluid, gasoline, solvents, and misc. oils in my truck's tank for years now. I mix in these waste products with clean bio/#2 diesel at a rate of about 33%. Of course I filter down to 20 microns and check for water in my fuel.
When I calculate my fuel mileage based on ONLY how much diesel I actually pay for, I get about 30-33 highway mpg in my 7900 pound 3/4 ton diesel truck.
Gasoline engines are a flawed design and gasoline/ethanol is a flawed fuel. It does have a place such as in motorcycles or small engines. I'll take my diesel powered vehicle any day of the week over some inefficient gasoline powered vehicle.
... of Sony's bullshit. Don't buy their crap to begin with. If it has the Sony name anywhere on the product then chances are you're getting less and paying more. This goes along with all of their proprietary bullshit that they try to force on consumers. They keep failing, but they keep trying. PASS.
With gas prices the way they are, these technologies that squeeze every morsel of energy out of every drop of fuel all the sudden become great solutions. When gas was $0.99/gal these solutions would be laughed at.
The high pressure water at 500*F is only enough to kill you instantly or mangle you for the rest of your life (which will be at best 12.23 seconds). I'll take the 273 DC volts from the Prius anyday over cutting through a steam line. Both are very deadly, but I'd rather look good dead than be a blob of molten flesh.
Maybe he likes not having a car payment. I drive an 89 toyota truck and a 92 corolla and I know I have enough cash in my savings account to buy your house and the car you'll be making payments on for 84 months. So, STFU. k thx bye.
Actually, the main goal of any hybrid upon initial startup is to make sure the engien reaches operating temperature. All hybrids currently on the road today use the gas engine as the primary source of power and merely use the batteries to augment its efficiency in situations where the gas engine is best left not running, such as stop-and-go traffic. there are actually more shades of grey, but the point has been made.
Yeah, you're right if you leave your engine idling all day. Turbochargers don't generate more power for free. You have to add fuel to the extra air when power level demands reach the point where the turbo spools up.
You must not even drive yet. The point of the device is to set a soft barrier to speeding so that if you choose to speed you've knowingly defied the speed limits of the current road. The speed at which you drive is still entirely up to you.
The only parts of America that are behind are the areas with monopolistic corporations that have no motivation to offer a more powerful service. In East Wenatchee, WA, the Douglas County Public Utilities District has laid fiber to the demarc( yes, to each and single house) and is offering 100 mbps symmetrical fiber internet service for $39.95/month.
http://www.localtelonline.com/dbf.htm
The PUD can get away with trampling all over inferior competing providers without getting sued by Charter and Verizon because the city isn't large enough to fight over.
That's why I repair all of those silly "flaws" in the DVDs I rent and instantly copy as soon as it shows up in my mailbox. DVDShrink removes all those annoying "flaws" in DVDs.
Well, yeah. What else are we supposed to do? We gotta do something when we previously crashed a lander on Mars because of a metric/english conversion mishap.
they would be just like today's Fords. Anyone ever drive a Ford with an over-heating ignition module? You're driving down the road, it stalls and you restart and keep driving until it fails again.
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BTW, I do have access to an emissions testing machine AND an endless supply of waste oils. Emissions testing before and after I implemented my use of waste oil as a fuel had ZERO effect on the emissions my truck was already spewing out on #2 diesel, which is mainly NOx on a diesel engine. My 2001 vehicle was not equipped with a DPF or catalytic converter from the factory. The exhaust goes straight out of the engine and doesn't go through any after-treatment system. I find the emissions ppm numbers especially satisfying because had I been equipped with any kind of after-treatment system, any extra emissions might've been masked by after-treatment.
Gear oils in sufficient quantities will make cold starts take longer since they're a 90-140 weight oil. Too much regular motor oil will do the same. Trans and hydraulic fluid don't seem to affect cold start much and I'm sure it's because they're thinner oils. I do just mix them all into a barrel and pump it out when I need it. Any information on performance was gathered during my initial implementation when I was testing out separate waste oils to be used as fuels. I quickly learned my diesel will burn anything. I could probably run off rat shit if I could find a way to get it past the injectors.
I've always passed. Of course, I'll plan to drive to the testing facility with a fuel tank full of as much clean diesel as possible.
I've been doing this for about 90k miles and I haven't had a single fuel system related component fail. Fuel mileage has been rock steady since I started mixing waste oils in my fuel tank. I do have tougher cold starts when it gets down to less than 15*F.
Waste oil heaters are approved by the EPA for burning any of the stuff I put in my fuel tank. Waste oil heaters don't have any special thing that makes them cleaner than running the waste oil through my engine. Also, my engine's combustion chamber fires at far higher temperatures than a waste oil heaters does. I have no doubt my vehicle has higher emissions than a comparable vehicle running straight #2 diesel. However, most waste oil gets burned as fuel anyhow. So, I've done nothing to change what would already be put into the air. I've just utilized it myself and saved thousands of dollars in fuel costs.
When I calculate my fuel mileage based on ONLY how much diesel I actually pay for, I get about 30-33 highway mpg in my 7900 pound 3/4 ton diesel truck.
Gasoline engines are a flawed design and gasoline/ethanol is a flawed fuel. It does have a place such as in motorcycles or small engines. I'll take my diesel powered vehicle any day of the week over some inefficient gasoline powered vehicle.
... of Sony's bullshit. Don't buy their crap to begin with. If it has the Sony name anywhere on the product then chances are you're getting less and paying more. This goes along with all of their proprietary bullshit that they try to force on consumers. They keep failing, but they keep trying. PASS.
With gas prices the way they are, these technologies that squeeze every morsel of energy out of every drop of fuel all the sudden become great solutions. When gas was $0.99/gal these solutions would be laughed at.
The high pressure water at 500*F is only enough to kill you instantly or mangle you for the rest of your life (which will be at best 12.23 seconds). I'll take the 273 DC volts from the Prius anyday over cutting through a steam line. Both are very deadly, but I'd rather look good dead than be a blob of molten flesh.
Maybe he likes not having a car payment. I drive an 89 toyota truck and a 92 corolla and I know I have enough cash in my savings account to buy your house and the car you'll be making payments on for 84 months. So, STFU. k thx bye.
Actually, the main goal of any hybrid upon initial startup is to make sure the engien reaches operating temperature. All hybrids currently on the road today use the gas engine as the primary source of power and merely use the batteries to augment its efficiency in situations where the gas engine is best left not running, such as stop-and-go traffic. there are actually more shades of grey, but the point has been made.
Yeah, you're right if you leave your engine idling all day. Turbochargers don't generate more power for free. You have to add fuel to the extra air when power level demands reach the point where the turbo spools up.
I hear that it is only known to be dangerous or cause cancer if you're in the State of California. I'm safe here in Washington.
You must not even drive yet. The point of the device is to set a soft barrier to speeding so that if you choose to speed you've knowingly defied the speed limits of the current road. The speed at which you drive is still entirely up to you.
Sucks to be you! I'm already planning my retirement in light of this news.
The only parts of America that are behind are the areas with monopolistic corporations that have no motivation to offer a more powerful service. In East Wenatchee, WA, the Douglas County Public Utilities District has laid fiber to the demarc( yes, to each and single house) and is offering 100 mbps symmetrical fiber internet service for $39.95/month. http://www.localtelonline.com/dbf.htm The PUD can get away with trampling all over inferior competing providers without getting sued by Charter and Verizon because the city isn't large enough to fight over.
That's why I repair all of those silly "flaws" in the DVDs I rent and instantly copy as soon as it shows up in my mailbox. DVDShrink removes all those annoying "flaws" in DVDs.
Son, looks like you shot a blank.
Because high protein(meat), low carb diets are just so hard to maintain.
According to my experience, 100%.
Sounds like you're talking about Ford Motor Company.
Well, yeah. What else are we supposed to do? We gotta do something when we previously crashed a lander on Mars because of a metric/english conversion mishap.
Put that iPod down. Do you own the rights to all of those songs sir?
they would be just like today's Fords. Anyone ever drive a Ford with an over-heating ignition module? You're driving down the road, it stalls and you restart and keep driving until it fails again.
Now there's nohting left to worry about in LA.