* The level of interest in using alcohol as a motor fuel has followed cycles of fuel shortages and/or low feed-grain prices.
* Alcohols burn more completely, thus increasing combustion efficiency.
* There are many disadvantages to using alcohols, particularly methyl and ethyl alcohol.
* Advantages of mixing alcohol with gasoline are that alcohol tends to increase the octane rating and reduce carbon monoxide emissions.
* Alcohols may corrode certain materials used in engines.
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/PUBS/FARMMGT/05010.html
How to modify an injection system: It's Toyota-specific, but applies
to most electronic fuel injection systems.
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Pit/9975/dataBySubject/EFImods.html
How To Modify Your Car To Run On Alcohol Fuel: "Guidelines for
converting gasoline engines (With Specific Instructions for
Air-Cooled Volkswagens)" by Roger Lippman, April 1982 -- Five-chapter
online book:
http://alky.home.igc.org/
How To Adapt Your Automobile Engine For Ethyl Alcohol Use -- Mother
Earth Alcohol Fuel Manual. Biofuels Library
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me2.html
More info in Mother Earth Alcohol Fuel and The Manual for the Home
and Farm Production of Alcohol Fuel in the Biofuels Library
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library.html
Distilling Ethanol - The conversion of cellulose, such as sawdust, cornstalks, newspaper and other substances
Charts on Grain Usage and Exports - University of Maryland http://www.arec.umd.edu/areces/grain/graincharts.htm
FUEL ETHANOL AND FOOD SUPPLY http://www.greenfuels.org/ethafood.html
Saturday, February 14, 2009
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