There are books on how to convert small engines to
ethanol...
That said, why do so? Even if you produce your own
ethanol it won't be cheaper than gasoline, and a small
engine uses so little that even if you have access to
cheap ethanol the savings would be very small.
Arguable.
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Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: [biofuel] why cant I use ethyl alcohol to run a generator?
The trouble with a Savonious rotor is that it requires an initial
impetus to
start - it won't go on its own
Try a Darius rotor instead - that goes without a push
and savonius rotors as i remember are low torque and slow, but add
sections and it gets better.
Biofuels wrote:
The trouble with a Savonious rotor is that it requires an initial
impetus to
start - it won't go on its own
Try a Darius rotor instead - that goes without a push
: Friday, March 23, 2001 9:47 AM
Subject: [biofuel] why cant I use ethyl alcohol to run a generator?
I was thinking about building a generator out of a small 3.5 or
higher briggs and straton engine, and a voltage regulated
alternator. I wanted to use alcohol as a fuel, but I see things in
engine
The Briggs and Stratton engines are one of the poorest designs in stationery
engines, try Honda or other well known Jap makers, they may be more suitable
to Methanol.
Methanol is used in racing engines primarily because of the fact that more
power is available, and when your into pure horsepower
Methanol is used in racing engines because it burns at a much lower
temperature than petrol, which means that you can use more of it to produce
the power without burning the pistons out.
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As the other replies indicate the main reason is that
alcohol will melt rubber parts. This can be overcome
by replacing them with non rubbe parts.Rubber gaskets
can be replaced with silicone based gasket in a tube
and if your fuel meter needle has a rubber tip you can
replace with a solid or
