The Ethanol Papers - Paperturn manuscript - Flipbook - Page 129
“I have also examined the interior portions of alcohol (powered) engines
that have been in continuous use for three years, and have found them
to be in good working order, except such wear as necessarily takes place
in all internal combustion engines.” (page 99)
“Notwithstanding the fact that the heating value of alcohol, or the number
of heat units contained (BTU value), is much less than in gasoline, it is
found by actual experiment that a gallon of alcohol will develop substantially the same power in an internal combustion engine as a gallon of gasoline. This is owing to the superior efficiency of operation when alcohol is
used.” (page 107)
COMPARISONS OF GASOLINE AND ALCOHOL TESTS
ON INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
Department Of The Interior – United States Geological Survey 1909
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0392/report.pdf
“By using alcohol in an alcohol engine with a high degree of compression…the fuel consumption rate in gallons per horsepower per hour can
be reduced to practically the same as the rate of consumption of gasoline
for a gasoline engine of the same size and speed.” (page 6)
“An alcohol engine with the maximum degree of compression for alcohol
will have an available horsepower 30 percent greater than a gasoline engine of the same cylinder size, stroke, and speed..” (page 7)
“Alcohol has many advantages over gasoline or kerosene as a fuel. The
exhaust from an alcohol engine is never clouded with black or grayish
smoke, as is the exhaust of a gasoline or kerosene engine …The odors
of denatured alcohol and the exhaust gases from an alcohol engine are
also not likely to be as obnoxious as the odor of gasoline and its products
of combustion.” (page 36)
Fuel Economy and Power Generation of 30% Ethanol (E30)
http://www.sdfu.org/assets/docs/uploads/gle-e30-challenge-white-paper-1-1917final.pdf
