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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
1lb of propane = about 20,000 btu
1lb of gasoline = about 20,000 btu
Tell us again how propane doesn't have enough BTUs?
I think you are just just affraid of testing it.
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OK I was not correct I do see slightly different numbers:
Both gasoline’s and propane’s energy density is similar at 47.2 and 46.4 megajoules per kilogram.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=propane+vs...&t=ffab&ia=web
I was remembering gasoline against LNG which is a lot less powerful.
And even less by this chart/report;
https://afdc.energy.gov/files/u/publ...ison_chart.pdf
Propane uses heavy pressurized tanks.
Is harder to find places to refill your tanks.
Costs about the same as gasoline. MPG is also about the same.
It is a cleaner burning fuel.
As for gasoline it is in a liquid and as such highly condensed, and when used in a standard car only 20 to 30% is converted to vapor and used to power the car.
IF we convert it to 100% vapor BEFORE injecting it into a car it is reported in some many places you will receive many times the power per gallon to run your car.
A sample:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=gasoline+e...&t=ffab&ia=web
I cannot say if all of this is true.
I would like to find out, under real testing not shade tree auto rigging.
And I can see that so many systems are either very dangerous and totally unsafe to use.
I believe I know of a system that IF this is true can work safely.
Rich