A bunch of years back a trucking company up here in Canada was
working with Caterpillar as well as Cummins and Detroit Diesel using a
mixture of Diesel and propane for fuel. The engines started out burning
diesel in town, then switched over to propane when out on the highway. =
Many
engines were fried before they sorted out the proper mixture. On =
gasoline
engines that were switched to straight propane it was found that to =
provide
the same amount of power to the wheels on propane, the carburetor size =
had
to be upped one size CFM wise over running straight gasoline. Yes they =
did
burn more propane per mile but the up side of the equation was lower =
cost of
the fuel and much lower emissions.=20
As to changing a flight engine over, well let's just say I'm not a
Kamikaze pilot so no way Jose. Ever see a propane canister explode? =
Worse
than a stick of dynamite. Gas catches fire you have at least a chance to =
run
but propane just goes bang.
Doug Rupert
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From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On =
Behalf
Of Larry&Sallie Flesner
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 9:30 AM
To: brokerpilot9...@earthlink.net; KRnet
Subject: Re: KR> Deceiving numbers
At 07:48 AM 1/7/2006, you wrote:
>I read another book which explained a similar set of facts where it=20
>is fact that a chemical produces less in BTU's yet more power when=20
>used as an auto fuel. Propane and Natural Gas are examples of this=20
>as well as alcohol.
>Colin Rainey
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