| From: | Todd Montgomery <tmont@****.WVU.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Multifuel |
| Date: | Tue, 6 Apr 93 19:08:15 CET |
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Methanol: Made from "dead" organic material: apple cores, corn cobs, etc. Gets
1/4 the mileage of gasoline.
As for electrics: Assume that ImpElec uses the same technology but perhaps more
expensive parts: say, gold as a catalyst instead of nickel (I don't know what
I'm talking about here, but you get my drift. . .)
J Roberson
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An HEV (Hybrid Electric Vehicle) Project I work on is using Methanol
for the Internal Combustion Engine. The reason is that methanol, or
M85, is a readily available byproduct of coal. Yes, coal , not organic
decomposed matter. What J Roberson is referring to here is Methane.
And M85, which is 85% octane, has lower emissions and is more
efficient than conventional gasolines. Just wanted to clear this one
up.
My guess on ImpElectric is that it is some sort of fuel cell, like
what is in the space shuttle. They convert a chemical reaction
straight into LOTS of electrical power. Compare a D Battery with a Car
Battery in power storage. That is about the same scale as a fuel cell
to a car battery. Right now they cost around $200,000 for one. We
tried to get one, we really did! But a $65,000 budget just doesn't
convence NASA that it was $200,000.
-- Quiktek
a.k.a. Todd Montgomery
tmont@****.wvu.edu
