Hi all, I find it difficult to embrace any SVO technology. That is for many reasons, but the most outstanding is the high boiling point of SVO:s. Canola vaporizes completely at no less than 650-700oC, which is far too high for modern diesel engines which have a limit of acceptance at approx 350oC. This means that the SVO cannot combust completely in a diesel engine. This leads to deposits in the engine, some of them lethal to the engine, and lubricating oil contamination. This is a fact that no SVO kit can cure. I was into a SVO project during the 90:s and we found one additive that could keep the deposits at a certain level. But the composition of the additive was such, that the handling of the fuel became environmentally undesirable, also from the human health point of view. If somebody has an attractive technical/chemical solution for this I would be very interested to hear about it.
Jan Warnqvist ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 5:42 PM Subject: [Biofuel] BD disinfo from SVO kit vendors See: The SVO vs biodiesel argument: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_svovsbd.html "SVO versus biodiesel is a pseudo argument that should not exist. It creates a false competitive situation between two good things and distracts from the real issues on how we can minimize the use of fossil fuels." - Hakan Falk So many SVO vendors take this approach. There's a growing market for SVO systems and for all ready-to-use biofuels solutions, why try to chisel off bits of the biodiesel market by spreading disinfo? I haven't seen Elsbett slagging biodiesel, for instance. But then (somehow it's no surprise) this is just yet another two-tank system, no optimised injector nozzles or anything a real system would have. "We are market leader in converting diesel engines for straight vegetable oil in Germany," they said. :-) Now what was it Greasecar told me... "Throughout the world we are recognized as the leading manufacturer, seller and producer of SVO conversion equipment." LOL! ------- http://www.3egmbh.com/eng/technology.php Theoretically there are three ways of using vegetable oil as fuel: 1. Manufacturing an engine especially designed to run with vegetable oil: At this moment in time, this version is inefficient, as the attitude of the automobile and mineral oil companies only allows a small quantity of these engines at high prices. Our aim is to change this attitude, distribute the vegetable oil technology and to establish the vegetable oil engine. 2. Adaptation of the vegetable oil to the existing engine technology: It is inefficient to change the vegetable oil into biodiesel using a lot of energy and chemical processes, which then destroy gaskets and tubes, decrease the engine's power and increases consumption when the natural fuel has already better features to offer. 3. Adaptation of existing engines to the natural vegetable oil: Our company has developed this from of technology. We install additional components in vehicles so a mode is selectable to use pure vegetable oil or diesel fuel without having to change the engine. Form and extent of the alteration depends on the technology of the diesel engine. 3E GmbH Pflanzenöltechnik From: "Frank Wohlberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Your link list Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:34:23 +0100 Hi Keith, is it possible to put a link of our company to your link list? We are market leader in converting diesel engines for straight vegetable oil in Germany but I couldn`t find a link to us. Thank you very much! Regards Frank Wohlberg http://www.3egmbh.com/eng/index.php _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
