The benefits of straight vegetable oil (SVO) as an alternate fuel for diesel engines are many. SVO is cheap, carbon-neutral, uses a waste product, and does not depend upon centralized corporate infrastructure.
An experienced designer and researcher in the straight vegetable oil field, author Forest Gregg has worked for Frybrid, the most respected vegetable oil conversion company in the US. He has sifted through the masses of contradictory, erroneous, and confusing information on the subject, extracting the very best information available. Chapters include:
- Vegetable oil sources, extraction and refining
- Viscosity
- Chemical degradation
- Fuel properties
- Contaminants
- System design
- Engine modifications
SVO is the only book available that explains exactly what is necessary to convert a diesel vehicle and how to do it properly. It gives readers the tools to sort through the different companies and online plans to find something that works well. While technical in nature, this fully illustrated book is very accessible. Each concept is introduced and described in great detail.
Designed to educate new consumers, it is also a resource for current conversion owners.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-203) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 629.2538
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Mother Earth news book for wiser living"--Cover Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781550924206 9780865716124
- LCCN
- TP359.V44
- LCCN Item number
- G74 2008eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBVA
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xiii, 225 p.)
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00222799 (OCoLC)752535442 (CaOOCEL)432027
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Straight vegetable oil Powering your vehicle with straight vegetable oil
- Transcribing agency
- UKM
Table of Contents
- Front Cover 1
- Advance Praise 2
- Title Page 4
- Dedication 6
- Rights Page 7
- Contents 8
- Acknowledgments 12
- Using this Book 14
- Introduction: Is Vegetable Oil Right for Me? 16
- Chapter 1: Diesel Engines 24
- Chapter 2: Fuel Properties of Vegetable Oil 44
- Chapter 3: System Design 96
- Chapter 4: Practical Issues 132
- Appendix A: Burning Questions (With No Answers as Yet) 168
- Appendix B: Fuel Standards 170
- Appendix C: Guide to DieselVehicles 174
- Appendix D: Fatty Acid Profiles of Common Vegetable Oils 186
- Annotated Bibliography 188
- Notes 220
- Index 230
- About the Author 240
