http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy01osti/30882.pdf If you look at page 2, there are no autoignition temp numbers for biodiesel. Bad news for those who are trying to develop a home heating oil system. I wonder if you could start a furnace on regular diesel and then switch over to bio like in a car?
Jesse Parris | studio53 | graphics / web design | stamford, ct | 203.324.4371 www.jesseparris.com/Portfolio_Jesse_Parris/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "MH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 10:50 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] ignition retarding Harmon Seaver wrote: > I think you don't understand what octance (cetane) ratings are all about. If > anything, with a higher octane (or cetane, as the case may be) you would benefit > from *advancing* the timing, not retarding it. At any rate, where did you get > this idea of changing the timing for biodiesel anyway? There's absolutely no > basis for it that I'm aware of, in any of the documentation. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Kwick Pick opens locked car doors, front doors, drawers, briefcases, padlocks, and more. On sale now! http://us.click.yahoo.com/ehaLqB/Fg5DAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
