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Old 07-13-2009, 04:12 PM   #36 (permalink)
solarguy
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Gain or loss in efficiency?

All other things being equal, which they never are, I would expect a passenger car with your fuel/reformer/engine to provide better well/wheel efficiency compared to gasoline. Duh. The mere presence of your team in the X-competition tells us this. Of course, there are about 27 steps that have to be accounted for before we get a hard number for how fuel efficient your fuel/engine system really is.

But if I put a gun to your head, and just made you pick a number as your best guess, what is the overall change in efficiency with your ideal product, compared to a conventional diesel in the same vehicle. Just for fun.

And of course, due to various non-disclosure agreements, you probably can't just show me the math for a typical example of stranded NG ----> fuel in tank, and miles traveled, but it would be fun to see it.

Finest regards,

troy
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