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>Date:    Mon, 22 Sep 2003 06:26:43 -0400
>From:    Bill Collins <vanagon@BILL-COLLINS.NET>
>Subject: Re: Propane Fueled Turbo Diesel Injection
>
>> Propane doesn't have a huge calorific value, and I very much doubt that
>> such a power increase will result from merely converting to the
>> different fuel.
>
>It's not a conversion to a different fuel, its burning both!  They spray
>propane into the air intake.  When the diesel fuel is injected, it ignites
>the propane as well.  Since diesels run with excess oxygen, there's still
>oxygen for the propane to burn.  Sometimes, if the goal is cleaner exhaust
>instead of more power, the amount of diesel injected is kept to a minimum
>and the primary fuel is propane. (the diesel just acts like a super spark
>plug to ignite the lean propane/air mixture.
>
>Bill

Hello All

I wonder if the TV program the original poster saw was referring
to the Cummins Westport joint venture.  See
www.cumminswestport.com for the website.  Essentially, Westport
modifies Cummins engines for a alternative fuel/diesel use.
Thats all I know about it, except that it is based here in
Vancouver, BC.  As is Ballard Fuel Cells,  which makes Vancouver
the centre of some interesting green engine technology.  Not
that you could tell by the summer smog levels.

seth
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