Robert, A good many of the Ford Rangers are already set up as FFV's, might want to check to see if you model is one. Ususlly there is a little plack on the gate that has a highway and a greenleaf. But I would check with a model database online to verify for sure. If it is an FFV it will allow you to run E-85, ie. 85% ethanol - 15% gas. Then you could blend your own.
James Slayden On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, robert luis rabello wrote: > Hello everyone! > > I now live a little over 40 km away from work, and during my drive > home tonight I was mulling over the whole idea of using ethanol as a > fuel for my 2.3 liter Ford Ranger. The problem with distillation, aside > from legality issues, stems from the energy required to adequately > separate ethanol from water. So I did a little bit of math in my head: > > My truck uses 1 liter of gasoline for roughly every 10 kilometers of > travel. That's a little more than 3 kw of energy--most of which (at > least 50%) ends up in either the coolant or the exhaust. For every 10 > kilometers I drive, I have at least 1 500 watts of "throw away" energy > available in the form of heat. > > Let's pretend for a moment that I have a tank of fermented "beer" > and a tank of water onboard. The water will be pumped to the front of > my truck and run through a transmission cooler to lower its > temperature. The "beer", on the other hand, gets pumped through a heat > exchanger connected to the hottest part of my truck's radiator. (If I > need more heat, I can use the exhaust header.) > > By designing a "zig zag", or coiled stripping column (using the > cooled water to regulate temperature), I could separate the ethanol and > return the tailings to the "beer" tank. (In fact, I COULD use my engine > to drive a vacuum pump that would allow lower temperature operation > too!) The ethanol can run through another transmission cooler which > acts as a condenser, and from there into the truck's main fuel tank. > > It's "distillation as you drive"! > > Perhaps I need some sleep right now. . . > > Has anyone experimented with ethanol using oversized injectors on a > computer controlled multi port fuel injection engine? > > robert luis rabello > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > 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 the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > 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/
