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Re: Diesel from new/used wast oil...? Eeyore 07-03-2008
Posted by Eeyore on July 3, 2008, 9:06 pm
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Bruce in Bangkok wrote:

> The original Diesel design was intended to run on powdered coal.

I thought vegetable oil originally, but it could do powdered coal too.
Remarkably versatile. I hate to think what the mineral deposits in coal would
do to the bores though.

Graham


Posted by Bruce in Bangkok on July 4, 2008, 12:26 am
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 On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:06:34 +0100, Eeyore

>
>
>Bruce in Bangkok wrote:
>
>> The original Diesel design was intended to run on powdered coal.
>
>I thought vegetable oil originally, but it could do powdered coal too.
>Remarkably versatile. I hate to think what the mineral deposits in coal would
>do to the bores though.
>
>Graham


I'm not sure whether a coal fueled engine was ever built but the
original Diesel design showed such a system.

Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

Posted by Vaughn Simon on July 4, 2008, 8:44 am
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> I'm not sure whether a coal fueled engine was ever built but the
> original Diesel design showed such a system.

Somewhere in my fuzzy memory, I remember reading something about some very
early attempts at an IC engine using gunpowder as a fuel. Boy, imagine the
detonation problem!

Vaughn




Posted by Ken Maltby on July 4, 2008, 9:29 am
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>
>> I'm not sure whether a coal fueled engine was ever built but the
>> original Diesel design showed such a system.
>
> Somewhere in my fuzzy memory, I remember reading something about some
> very early attempts at an IC engine using gunpowder as a fuel. Boy,
> imagine the detonation problem!
>
> Vaughn
>

I might find "pre-detonation" a little more troubling. Talk about
knock!

Luck;
Ken



Posted by Ulysses on July 4, 2008, 12:19 pm
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>
> > I'm not sure whether a coal fueled engine was ever built but the
> > original Diesel design showed such a system.
>
> Somewhere in my fuzzy memory, I remember reading something about some
very
> early attempts at an IC engine using gunpowder as a fuel. Boy, imagine
the
> detonation problem!
>
> Vaughn
>
>

For use on the Fourth of July only!

>



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