Archive for December, 2008

Alternate Fuels - Overcomming Betrayals Passed - Emerging Green Energy Groups

Thursday, December 11th, 2008
green energy
Martin Johnstone asked:


Society as a whole is submerged… submerged within the depths of marketing campaigns run by corporate giants? This is a question that anyone could ask and anytime it is asked, could unveil a certain degree of truth in anyone’s life “How did the community - the society arrive at where it is at now?”. The energy industry is filled with giants dictating (could you say dictating? how you ever found out for yourself?) what energies are consumed by the general populace.

If you look to see at how products have become popular, you may find it has been through TV, advertising, celebrities - many of which are endorsed by large corporate organizations and carry along with their ads, the message of these corporations. Thus, you are looking at a large fabric through which many of us look, squint or even peer through to see what is actually available to us in almost any commercial market.

In addition, the current fuels which in general use have relatively high and dangerous waste products. Thus, the information could be said to not be widely known by the general populace as when informed, make better decisions. And so we could say, perhaps ignorance is the path to domination by a few and a dark destiny. If you have any questions and would rather not know, don’t take heed the claims of global warming, increased volatility of weather conditions and/or a Mother Earth’s cry for help.

Although, now with the Internet, many new markets, pockets of clique’s, interest groups, etc… have evolved and are evolving allowing for products to be sold which were not before, services to be offered and the demand filled. It is true that now more millionaires have been made than ever before and many of which have come from the Internet.

Apart of this evolution, new information comes to light such as that which has been found with such things as Hydrogen fuels. Most fuels which are seen on the market currently are centralized and controlled under corporate blankets. If you look at petroleum or nearly any current technology used in mass production of general energy consumption (for example the energy that arrives to your house comes from large plants - centralized - the gas from your car comes from large plants - centralized, etc…, etc…) you will find is centralized and controlled by large corporate structures. But along with these new emerging groups are the green energy groups.

Alternate fuels keep punching away at the headlines of magazines and newspapers (possibly filled with propaganda?) about these various fuels. But, the repetition and noise generated by these green energy groups can but help being heard as the news is ground breaking and shaking it as well.

One of these groups is that has been forming at an incredibly rapid rate is the Hydrogen from water groups. These guys are using water and a basic form of electrolysis (use of electricity such as that which comes from you car battery to electrify water and perform a chemical reaction) to create Hydrogen from ordinary water. This technology has existed since 1820 but also with additional new technologies which have come about, this process is now available to anyone.

Hydrogen is also known as a comparable to gasoline as it is 3X’s as explosive and converts back to water when combusted. Why hasn’t it been in use in vehicles already? (If the answer is not apparent, pleas re-read earlier paragraphs and find out for yourself)

The ease of use and availability of the parts to make hydrogen from water has lead many people from the world to take part. The hydrogen’s most popular use has been to supplement car’s gasoline in-take.

Hydrogen use with car installations as a gas supplement is really only the beginning of the use of hydrogen power as 1 jar of water (approx 6 ounces) will convert to large amounts of hydrogen (as water is basically a “compressed” form of hydrogen) and can be used to power houses, RVs running them for weeks.

The proportions may seem fantastic but when you take into account the fact that HHO (hydroxy) when combusted, turns back to water, you have a fuel which has tremendous potential for efficiency, longevity and cost savings due to the fact is this planet’s largest resource available as a free burning energy.

Anyone who does a simple search with Google on the Internet with HHO, hydroxy, HHO generator or any of the such will find thousands upon thousands of documents representing the growing numbers of people across the world who are taking part of this emerging group across the net which is now extending it’s fabric through to local communities and allowing for a greener planet by cutting out pollutants, cutting down on the need for gasoline, improving gas mileage and a myriad of other eco-friendly solutions to normal day living.

So, count your pennies a little less, take hit and punch through a bit of this fabric which has perhaps been paid out in front of your eyes by the blankets of corporate marketing campaigns. Do a search on the net, check out the afore mentioned sites and see, perhaps it is true that you don’t have to spend so much gas or be in the dark on alternative energies.



Algae Biodiesel the Fuel of the Future

Thursday, December 11th, 2008
biodiesel
Ron Subs asked:


Most American consumers have been hit hard by soaring gas prices, and many people from individuals to research firms are searching for an alternative fuel source that is renewable, economical, and environmentally friendly.

Biodiesel made from crops such as corn and soybeans is one such alternative that most people are aware of, but another option, algae biodiesel, is one of the newest and most promising fuel sources to date. One thing is for sure, if a solution to the ever increasing gas prices is not found soon millions of people will be unable to afford their daily commute.

Many people have put their hopes in biodiesel made from crops as the solution to oil dependency. However, there are problems with biodiesel made from crops namely the displacement of food and the amount of crops it takes to produce a gallon of oil. Using food crops such as soybeans and corn to produce oil takes away from the amount crops that could have been used for food.

Using food crops to make biodiesel is also not very economical, it takes an acre of soybeans to produce about 50 gallons of biodiesel and an acre of corn to produce only about 20 gallons of biodiesel. Compared to the 5,000 or more gallons of biodieseal produced from one acre of algae, food crops are underperforming.

The fuel consumption for cars, trucks, and other transportation in the US accounts for almost 70% of total oil consumption. While this is a huge chunk of our oil needs, it would take only about 15,000 square miles of algae farms to produce enough biodiesel to meet our transportation needs.

That would be one algae farm that measured 120 miles by 125 miles or 50 algae farms that were only 300 square miles each. With the space requirements feasible, algae bio diesel just may be the fuel of the future as it is economical, renewable, and will not displace food crops.

Making biodiesel from algae is a complicated process, but it is not harder than making it from other sources such as crops or waste oil and it is even possible for consumers to make their own algae biodiesel at home. In fact, making biodiesel from algae is actually easier than from other sources such as waste oil because it does not require the level of filtering or titrating. It is possible that once consumers learn how to make algae bio diesel for themselves that they can in fact become responsible for their own energy needs and stop depending on large energy companies.

This fact has the potential to lower energy prices simply because the big energy companies would not be the only place to get gasoline and heating oil. It is becoming more and more common for individuals to make their own fuel form waste oil but as it become harder to get waste oil form commercial sources many more people will begin to turn to algae as the fuel source of choice.

Although algae biodiesel has been touted as the fuel of the future by many, one thing is for sure, if we do not find alternatives to cut our dependence on gasoline and crude oil, we will continue to struggle as gas prices rise.



How Much Energy Does Your Refrigerator Consume? How To Find Out On Your Terms

Thursday, December 11th, 2008
green energy
Robin Green asked:


Before you rush out and get a new energy saving refrigerator, it’s important to understand how much energy your old fridge consumes. Why? For three reasons.

First, because you’ll be looking at Energy Guide labels on the new fridges, to find out which ones will cost the least to operate, and you might as well have an idea of how they compare to your existing refrigerator.

Second, if you want to replace your fridge mainly to save electricity, you may find out that you don’t need to. While today’s refrigerators are far more efficient than those of ten years ago, your fridge may turn out to be efficient enough that there isn’t a convincing motivation to replace it. You might save more money on energy, for the same investment, on weatherproofing or a new window or two.

Third, you may discover your existing fridge uses so much energy, that a refrigerator tune-up will save you money even in the short time before you buy the new unit. Things that can really help are: checking the gaskets for leaks or cracks, checking the temperature in both compartments (38-40F for fridge, 5F for freezer), ensuring the compressor and coils are dust free; and keeping good air circulation around the unit. Even if you find out that your old refrigerator is an electricity hog and you do a tune-up, you might find that the tune-up on its own will result in big electricity savings.

Your current refrigerator could easily be costing you $25 to $125 a year more than it should, and your new refrigerator may turn out to be less efficient than its ENERGY STAR label claims, depending on how you use it. But if you merely assume that a refrigerator uses what its label claims, you’ll be leaving a big opportunity on the table.

What if I told you that $20 could save you at least $40 a year, every year? It turns out that there is an inexpensive device that can do just what we’re after: measure the energy consumption of your fridge.

I bought a Kill A Watt meter about five years back and have used it to measure the energy consumption of many appliances in my house. I have also lent it to friends and family so that they could uncover energy savings of their own. These meters are available for about $20 and they measure how many kilowatt hours per day (kwh/day) an appliance like a fridge consumes. A measurement takes about three days, because a fridge cycles on and off, and only a longer measurement irons out the peaks and valleys of the refrigerator’s electricity use. But once you have that reading, you will know what your refrigerator consumes and you can start choosing actions to save electricity, or you can make a more sound decision about replacing your old refrigerator.

The Kill A Watt meter measures electricity use in several ways. The important readings for our purposes are time elapsed and kilowatt hours used. The Kill A Watt meter measures both of these values from the moment it is plugged in, so if you plug in the meter, then plug your fridge into the meter soon after, you’ll start to see how much electricity your refrigerator uses once a minimum of 24 hours have passed. Follow these steps:

1. Pull your refrigerator out from the wall. Unplug it and plug an extension cord into the wall outlet instead.

2. Plug the Kill A Watt meter into the other end of the extension cord, and the fridge plug into that. Leave the meter where its display is visible.

3. Push the fridge back. (You can just stick the Kill A Watt meter between the wall socket and the refrigerator, if that allows you to see the meter while you’re taking the measurement.)

4. Wait at least 36 hours to measure. Ideally you should wait 48 to 96 hours. If you keep pressing the red button on the Kill A Watt meter you will see readings for, among others, the hours and minutes elapsed, and the kilowatt hours consumed. You can compute kilowatt hours per day using the following formula:

kwh/day = kwh / ((hours/24)+(minutes/1440))

So if the final reading is 2.37 kwh and the elapsed time is 34h22m, the consumption would be 2.37 / ((34/24)+(22/1440)), or 1.655 kwh/day. Don’t wait more than four days to do your reading, because the time elapsed measurement wraps back to zero at 99h59m.

Most fridges are rated in terms of kilowatt hours consumed per year, so to compare your existing refrigerator with what’s available now, you can multiply the kwh/day result by 365. Our hypothetical fridge which we determined uses 1.655 kwh/day consumes 604 kwh/year. A 16 cubic foot Sun Frost fridge, in comparison - one of the most efficient refrigerators available - consumes only 254 kwh/year.

You can see how your existing fridge stacks up against new models by searching the www.energystar.gov database, for models that share features of your refrigerator. Fridge efficiency standards have gone up in recent years, and a fridge typically consumes more energy as it ages, due to worn gaskets, dust buildup on compressor and coils, wear and tear on the motor, and occasionally loss of refrigerant. And ENERGY STAR rated refrigerators must be at least 20% more efficient than the standard, so if you own an old refrigerator that was not ENERGY STAR rated when you bought it, you can see there is a big potential for savings, especially if you know your current consumption.

The efficiency requirement for refrigerators varies based on configuration (top or bottom freezer, side-by-side, or no freezer), volume, defrost features, and refrigerant type. And the formula is so convoluted that few people other than US EPA and DOE officials, and appliance company engineers, can really grasp it. So rather than quote the standard let’s look at a couple of examples.

An ENERGY STAR rated, 10 cubic foot, auto defrost unit that consumes 309 kilowatt hours per year, is 21% better than the minimum required for its category.

A 14 cubic foot partially automatic defrost unit that uses 254 kilowatt hours per year, is an amazing 36% better than the standard specifies.

As you can see, even for units that sport an ENERGY STAR logo, there is a wide range of efficiencies, and don’t forget that a large unit that exceeds the standard by 36% may still use more energy than a smaller fridge that exceeds the standard by only 20%, if the minimum standard for the two fridges is different. If you can choose a smaller refrigerator when you buy a new one, you will certainly save more energy.

Once you have measured how much electricity your refrigerator uses (it will probably be in the range of 400 and 600 kilowatt hours per year, depending on the size of unit, or even more if you have wasteful features such as side-by-side doors or an exterior ice and cold water dispenser) you can compare the consumption of your unit to those at the ENERGY STAR website, and see if it’s time to do a refrigerator tune up, or replace your refrigerator altogether.

If you’re in luck, you might discover that the model you have now is already an energy saving refrigerator. If not, at least you’ll have a great tool for seeing if your new fridge measures up to its billing.



Some of the Biodiesel Solvets Used in the Production of Biodiesel

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
biodiesel
Muna wa Wanjiru asked:


What is a Biodiesel?

Biodiesel can be differentiated from the waste vegetable oils (WVO) or from the straight vegetable oils (SVO) which are used as fuels in some diesel vehicles. Biodiesel is a diesel that is equivalent to the processed fuel which results from the biological sources such as vegetable oils that can be used in unmodified diesel engine vehicles. Biodiesel is considered to be the fuel for future. It is an alternative fuel which is made from renewable resources.

Biodiesel is a very safe fuel which can be used in any diesel engine vehicle. While preparation of Biodiesel does not involve any harmful ingredients and also it does not produce any harmful byproducts. You can prepare Biodiesel at your own place. The ingredients to prepare Biodiesel are triglyceride fat or oil i.e. vegetable which is used in cooking, a strong base like sodium hydroxide (NaOH) or potassium hydroxide (KOH) and a relatively pure alcohol. Biodiesel is one of the cheapest, safest and cleanest fuels available.

Solvents used in a Biodiesel

Large numbers of solvents are used in a bio diesel plant. The types and the solvent used are basically dependent on the type of the plant. The solvents may also be various chemicals used. Alkyl esters are used in many ways. One of such way is it is used as a solvent in the Biodiesel and it also is used as chemical intermediates which is required for the formation of the detergents.

The pure form of Biodiesel can be used in its pure form. This Biodiesel may include unburned hydrocarbons and it also contains carbon monoxides. This is on of the most efficient way to use a Biodiesel especially when the biodegradability and non-toxicity are important factors.

The solvent properties of the bio diesel are at the highest intensity and they may also cause problems with the loosening of lacquer deposits in the tanks which have he lines and fuels. The problem of the solvents with the B100 is more or less a major concern when the use of the blends is made.

Some of the solvents generally used are hexane, isopropanol, methanol, isopropanol, oil etc People also produce Biodiesel from the alkali and acid process. Vegetable oil or the waste cooking oil is used for making Biodiesel. The acid based process which requires waste cooking oil is very economic allover.

Some of the projects which use extensive amount are mentioned below:

In Egypt a project has been undertaken which involves the use of the Jatropha as a potential Biodiesel feedstock. Another project in which the Biodisel Fuel from the non edible Vegetable oil is also under taken as a collaborative project by UNH Biodiesel group and the famous National Research Center (NRC), Cairo. Oil is used in large amount and it is extracted from the seeds. In these projects solvents like oil, methanol, and glycerol are extensively used. The chemical reaction of the solvents and the materials used can be future summarized in the following manner:- Oil + 3 Methanol [using NaOH or KOH catalyst] = 3 Biodiesel (Methyl Ester) + Glycerol. The main objective behind the research was to study the transesterification of the oil extracted to the Biodisel.



Alternative Energy - Biodiesel

Saturday, December 6th, 2008
biodiesel
Mervyn Rees asked:


(c) 2008 Mervyn Rees

Efforts to find affordable replacements to current vehicle fuel choices, biodiesel has quickly become one of the leading alternatives.

Biodiesel is considered a renewable eco-friendly resource derived from vegetable oil or animal fats. Once the vegetable oil or animal fat is processed, it becomes a combustible material, like the petroleum-based diesel currently used today in many vehicles. In fact, it is used daily around the world, and is already rapidly becoming the main stay of a lot of family budgets, with ever increasing popularity.

Biodiesel can and is being produced from rapeseed, soybeans, algae, palm oil, hemp, lard, mustard seed-in fact, any vegetable oil source, and yes, even waste vegetable oil, fish oil and animal fats. In fact, the August 2005 edition of National Geographic reported one biodiesel user who got his waste vegetable oil free from a local potato chip shop and spent eight dollars a month to turn it into biodiesel, which as we know is common practice now in many places.

Some of the advantages of biodiesel include:

* Biodiesel is an excellent way to use the vegetable oil and animal fats produced today, solving the hugely potential problem of waste products otherwise disposed of badly and the past problems that caused our environment.

* Biodiesel is biodegradable on land or in water, so naturally safer for all animal and plant life.

* Biodiesel is nontoxic.

* Biodiesel can be safer in accidents because it has a much higher flash point (300° Fahrenheit) than regular diesel or gasoline, and is considered a non-hazardous material.

* Biodiesel is a better solvent, so it cleans engines that have been dirtied and stained by long-term use of regular petroleum diesel.

* Biodiesel can be used right now, in any concentration with current petroleum diesel engines, making the transfer from one to the other very easy. However, older petroleum diesel engines may experience a higher degradation of seals and gaskets which can easily be changes for modern plastic alternatives used today.

* Biodiesel usage dramatically reduces carbon monoxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions.

* Biodiesel reduces sulphur emissions by 100% (because it does not contain sulphur), which will help contribute to the Kyoto protocol mandate of reducing sulphur emissions.

Proponents say it may replace the fossil fuels used today to power vehicles. But it still has a ways to go:

* Biodiesel just like regular diesel tends to gel at temperatures that are very low, but this can also be rectified with additives.

* Biodiesel is more expensive to produce by the Gas Companies right now than other fuels currently in use (although rising costs in fossil fuel production could outstrip this problem shortly).

* Biodiesel will need a lot of vegetable oil and animal fat to meet the demand, and critics suggest that land use dedicated to filling the need will be astronomical, and largely an inefficient use of land in supporting the demand.

* The EPA reports that American restaurants produce 300,000,000 gallons of waste cooking oil every year, and although biodiesel can be produced from it, in the past it went to producing soaps, etc, but the cost of collecting it has caused Biodieselers to celebrate because a lot of them are happy to collect it for free.

There is a lot of support in the potential of biodiesel eventually helping to replace fossil fuels. In order to generate an accurate calculation on whether it’s a viable alternative or not, there are a lot of things that need to be taken into consideration. Check out my new book ‘The Secrets of Biodiesel’ and really get a handle on this.

Biodiesel commercially, is not cost effective today because it is not produced in such a large-scale. If it were manufactured on a larger scale, it may have a greater effect on price. To use a different example, it costs more-per-car to produce only one or two cars than it costs to produce 10 cars, or a hundred cars, or thousand cars. (This is why Henry Ford is hailed as a genius of the production industry, because he reduced car prices by creating an assembly line). So once the scale of biodiesel is ramped up, the cost will be more effective.

The cost of biodiesel has become very affordable as a way to fuel cars and heat homes of our individual Biodieselers, however, replacing the current processing plants that take oil and turn it into fuel may be so high that it is prohibitive, and asking drivers to switch vehicles or swap engines may not be an alternative for everyone. So clearly, there will need to be a “phasing in” effect in order to increase biodiesel or other bio-fuels, thereby greatly reducing the stranglehold of petroleum-based fuels.

Another factor to consider is the social cost. While many people do have the best intentions in mind to reduce emissions and waste and improve on their use of fossil fuels, people still make decisions based on their own personal impact; how much money and time will they save? There may be lots of people that are concerned about ecology, but there are so many more people concerned about whether they can afford to make the transition. Until biodiesel becomes the cheaper choice, the general public will not make the transition.



Fuel Economy Kits. if You Want Fuel Economy and Power These Fuel Economy Kits are a Must

Friday, December 5th, 2008
hydro fuel
Travis Ellis asked:


There is a debate about how to achieve oil independence. Should we increase drilling in America and off our shores, should we reduce consumption, should we build more refineries, should we explore alternative energy sources, should we legislate greater fuel economy for our vehicles or do we attack the problem by working on all the solutions?

Most Americans want us to become energy independent as soon as possible while some still resist more drilling at home. And so the political debate continues. Whether we drill more, build more refineries, develop alternative energy sources or increase the fuel economy of our vehicles will depend on our legislators reaching some compromise and passing new law as the current laws restrict most of the solutions. As our politicians continue the debate, the price of oil continues to rise. American families struggle with the rising cost of gasoline, food and other commodities. And our economy is in a mess.

Private sector scientists have been researching vehicle fuel economy for many years. Most of this research has been conducted by automobile companies. We have seen the miles per gallon for cars gradually increase over the last decade.

Now an independent research firm has developed two devices that you install on your vehicle that will greatly increase the miles per gallon of your current vehicle. The most effective device is called the PICC or Pre-Ignition Catalytic Converter. All cars today have a catalytic converter as a part of the exhaust system. Its function is to break down large gas molecules not burned by the engine into much smaller particles that are then consumed in the exhaust pipe to reduce the harmful emissions into the air. In a revolutionary design, the PICC is installed so the gas flow through the PICC before it gets to your engine. The PICC works similarly to the existing catalytic converter. It breaks down the gas molecules to their most elemental state called plasma. This plasma is then fed to your engine. Plasma burns much more efficiently and cleaner that gas. This added efficiency has been proven in research on actual vehicles to increase the gas mileage 9 times that of gasoline. Can you even imagine that. Vehicles equipped with a PICC are getting well over 100 miles to a gallon of gas. Some are getting almost 200 miles to the gallon. The PICC works on passenger cars, SUV’s, pick-ups and all vehicles new or old. Converting your gas to plasma creates a cleaner burning fuel which will extend the life of your motor and it significantly reduces greenhouse gasses emitted into the environment as well. This product will pay for itself and put extra money in your pocket.

The PICC is custom manufactured to your vehicle’s specifications when your order. The company also offers another product called the HAFC or Hydro-Assist Fuel Cell. This is a kit that is ready for you to install in your car while waiting for your custom PICC to be manufactured. The HAFC is guaranteed to increase your gas mileage by at least 50 percent. Some vehicles have seen an improvement in their gas mileage of up to 300 percent.

These two revolutionary products the PICC and the HAFC are now available to the general public. You can be the first in your neighborhood to have one. Don’t delay. You owe it to yourself and your wallet to investigate these 2 amazing products. You can reduce your gas budget, help our environment and lessen our dependence on foreign oil. The products are guaranteed so you have nothing to lose and so much to gain.



What is a Hydro Powered Car?

Friday, December 5th, 2008
hydro fuel
Bill Mann asked:


What do you think of when you see the term “hydro powered car?” Do you picture the high-tech hydrogen powered cars being developed by companies like BMW? Or do you think of a car that somehow uses water instead of gasoline as fuel? Or perhaps one of those old steam-powered monsters that inventors tinkered with 100 years ago? When I think of a hydro powered car, I think of something slightly different, a cross between an all-hydrogen car and one that somehow uses water as fuel. You can call it a hydrogen-gasoline hybrid. Many people just call it a car that runs on water.

The idea of using water directly as fuel is still science fiction. On the face of it, the idea seems absurd. Yet today you can buy hydro powered car kits that use the hydrogen in water as fuel (to supplement the gasoline) in standard automobiles, resulting in much higher mileage.

Why Should You Care?

This kind of hydro powered car certainly isn’t the futuristic all-hydrogen vehicle you may have heard about, or the seemingly magical vehicle that runs on just tap water that we would all love to have. So why should you care about this kind of hydrogen-gasoline hydro powered car? There are lots of good reasons:

If you’ve bought gasoline recently, you know that the price is high and looks to be heading still higher. A hydro powered car can get much higher mileage than an all-gasoline car, which means big savings on gas.

Gasoline comes with lots of baggage. The West’s dependence on foreign oil makes it dependent on countries like Iraq, Iran, Venezuela, and Russia for energy. External hostility to the West, along with internal instability and unrest, make it scary to rely on many oil-producing countries. Anything that reduces Western dependence on their oil reduces the risks.

The sad fact is that Americans have a tremendous reliance on gas and the steady supply of it. Most simply don’t live in areas where alternative fuels are readily available. Many Americans must endure lengthy commutes to work, traffic jams and rush hour, not to mention routine errands that can’t be accomplished on foot. Public transportation is an option, however many areas of America don’t offer such services.

Don’t forget pollution. Burning gasoline for fuel pollutes the air. A hydro powered car gets better mileage and so reduces that pollution.

Last but certainly not least, you can convert your own car into a hydro powered car today using readily available parts. You don’t need to wait for the ideal hydro powered car to come out of the auto company labs. You can turn your own car into one and start getting the benefits right away.

How Does This Kind of Hydro Powered Car Work?

How can water, the same substance that comes from your kitchen faucet, be used to fuel your car engine? The key is hydrogen. What is water when you go down to the molecular structure? Two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. Get the hydrogen out of the water and mix it with your car’s gasoline and voila! a hydrogen-gasoline hybrid car.

Hydrogen is a highly desirable source of fuel because it delivers lots of energy and burns with virtually no pollutants. But cars that run solely on hydrogen aren’t ready yet and won’t be practical for a while. Using hydrogen as a supplemental fuel is a safe and effective alternative that’s available right now.

Hydro powered car kits available today use electricity to convert common water into hydrogen and oxygen in your car as needed. The hydrogen is immediately mixed with the car’s gasoline and burned, delivering better fuel efficiency and cleaner exhaust. It is an ideal solution for today’s world, and thousands of people around the world have purchased these kits to convert their own vehicle into a hydro powered car.



Green Energy Revolution: Energy Saving Devices

Thursday, December 4th, 2008
green energy
Carol Oon asked:


World today is experiencing energy revolution. Environmental issues are catching up and with the increased emphasis placed on preserving the environment we all need to play our roles in saving energy. By saving energy, we can definitely take a positive step in fighting the climate change and in preserving non-renewable sources of energy. Let us look at some devices and measures that can help us conserve energy and replace non renewable sources with renewable sources of energy.

Many companies are now providing customer-focused energy equipments like Energy savers, Utility Instruments, Level Controllers, Control Panels and Process Control Equipments etc. Various products that are now placed in the shelves of the store and that help in energy revolution and conservation are:

• Integrated Intelligent Home System:

This provides you with home security, control, automation and communication related features. One can control and monitor their home and office security along with controlling the home appliances and lighting from any telephone, keypad, handheld remote control system, computer or the internet. The products have outstanding remote communication features which can allow you to communicate with visitors when they are still at office doors, you can send them your messages and can also hear their messages. In case there is alarm notification, you can listen to different sounds and the activity present in the surroundings.

• Light and Air -conditioner Energy Saver:

These devices are normally very easy to install and help to save energy directly. They can adjust the temperature by automatically realizing the self-motion adjustment. They do not connect to any circuitry in the AC. They have stable capacities and do not get affected by fluctuations in external temperature. Trouble from these energy saver devices do not harm or affect the functioning of your equipment in any way. The devices are shock proof and help you reduce your power requirement by minimum 20%.

• Green Energy Products

Today, you would find an array of Green products in the market. Green products and appliances include energy saving appliances and devices for your office and home, windows/doors utilizing solar energy and household products built out of eco-friendly materials. Fluorescent light bulbs are another light saving devices utilizing minimum amount of electricity per watt. All these energy saver products positively influence the environment and reduce the energy and electricity costs. They also reduce the emission of pollutants in the long-term.

Other products like energy saving remote control made out of plastic are also available for saving energy in your day to day use.

Benefits of using Energy saving & Intelligent Products:

• Uses 75% to 80% less electricity.

• Cost less and work too well

• Reduce dependence on coal and petroleum

• Help to address concerns of global warming

• Reduce the gasoline and electricity bills

• Reduce the green house gas emission levels

Overall, reduced energy usage means that the need to go for building new transmission lines, infrastructure and other related devices can be delayed and prolonged. Hence, one can defer the environmental concerns and issues, if not have complete removal. All the energy saving programs and devices will reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions made by coal utilizing power plants. Emissions up to an average of around 2.1 billion pounds per year can be saved for around 20 years

So, when we are aware of these things, why not head on the way to conserving energy!



Saving Your Petrol Money Up to 26.6% ! Petrol Booster

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
hydro fuel
Andson Lim asked:


Introduction

STR 2020 is the latest “Technology Breakthrough” with new formulation of Synergy that helps to improve the fuel in the combustion area. STR 2020 is Palmatic Oil based additives that helps your engine to runs smoothly thus reducing its high operating temperature, wear & tear, fuel consumption, reduces maintenance cost, and pollutant emissions. STR 2020 is a pure hydrocarbon and as such it is exempted from EPA regulations. In accordance with the EPA registration and requirements for fuel and fuel additives, “Additive means any substance other than one (1) composed solely of carbon and/or hydrogen”. STR 2020 is non toxic and hazardous but it is a food grade polymer. The active ingredients are low hydrocarbons. (Kindly refer to the Material Safety Data Sheet, MSDS)    

WHAT IS THE BENEFITS OF STR 2020 ? 

1) Save Fuel

2) Increase Engine Power

3) Extend Engine Life

4) Clean injectors, spark plug, carburators, fuel pump delivery and fuel delivery system

5) Keep engine temperature cooler and reduced noise

6) Suitable for all type of diesel/petrol vechicles and other industrial machinery

7) Easier start up engine

8) Reduce smoke emission

9) Non flamable

10) Environment Friendly.

What is STR 2020? 

The Benefits of STR 2020 into Gasoline:  

STR 2020 increases engine power, retains and increases gasoline octane value by its product, reduces fuel consumption, costs saving and reduces emissions of CO, HC and NOx.  

1)  Benefits that derived from modification of gasoline vaporization behavior:-   

a)  A more homogeneous burn of all gasoline components at ignition and during flame propagation

b)  More optimum ignition timing for highest BMEP  

c)  Faster flame propagation giving higher BMEP and more complete combustion  

d)  Lower combustion gas temperature reducing engine octane requirement 

2)   Benefits derived from modification of gasoline spray droplet behavior:-  

a)  More uniform spray droplet formation  

b)  Reduced wall wetting  

c)  More fuel entrained in the air / fuel charge during transients and cold starts   

The Benefits of STR 2020 into Diesel:  

STR 2020 increases engine power, reduces combustion gas temperatures, reduces fuel consumption, cost saving and reduces emissions of unburned hydro-carbons and NOx. The benefits are derived from:-  

a)       A more uniform distribution of droplet size across the section of the diesel spray cone  

b)       A reduction of the mean volume diameter of the diesel injector spray  

c)       A more even distribution of the fuel distributed across the section of the spray cone  

d)       The elimination of superfine satellite droplets which cause early ignition

e)       An improved spray jet penetration

f)       Reduced wall wetting

The Benefits of STR 2020 into Diesel:  

Super Top Resources Sdn Bhd proprietary of STR 2020 technology improves the performance of compression ignition engines as well as spark ignition engines. It is well known that the physical properties of diesel fuel interfere with creating a uniform air / fuel mixture in the cylinder. STR 2020 unlike other fuel additives modifies the physical behavior of diesel fuel during injection creating a more uniform air / fuel mixture at ignition during burn.  

Diesel fuel is a Newtonian fluid and as such has physical properties which work against preparation of a uniform air / fuel mixture.  

Spraying from an injector nozzle contains a population of superfine, vapor like droplets which ignite in advance of the main body of fuel and prior to complete spray droplet penetration and mixing. The outer edge of the injector spray cone shears into smaller droplets which loose momentum and have poor penetration into the pressurized gas in the cylinder.  Droplets in the centre area of the injector spray cone grow by collision and coalescence as they contact the slower moving droplets at the leading edge of the spray.

Droplets which reach the cylinder walls splatter and coat creating a cooled liquid film. The formation of droplets by sending a high velocity stream on liquid into an air filled space.  

Super Top Resources Sdn Bhd STR 2020, a technology uses a scientific phenomenon called extensional viscosity to modify the physical properties of diesel fuel during injection and mixture formation. STR 2020 eliminates the formation of superfine satellite droplets that causes early ignition before spray jet penetration and mixing has progressed. Diesel fuel droplets containing STR 2020 resist shear on the edge of the spray cone and therefore maintain momentum for better penetration. STR 2020 containing droplets resist growth by collision and have a tendency to re-bound and reflects from the cylinder wall back into the gas in the cylinder limiting wall coating and cooling.   

DIESEL ENGINES 

What makes STR 2020 so unique?  

Super Top Resources Sdn Bhd uses an additive in fuel to improve air / fuel that mixture well in preparation which is normally addressed by engineers modifying engine hardware. STR 2020 technology modifies the fuels physical properties rather than fuel chemistry. The inventor of STR 2020 discovered that diesel fuel physical behavior stands in the way of optimizing air / fuel mixture in diesel engines and devised a way to modify the behavior.   

Is STR 2020 safe to use in all diesel engines?  

STR 2020 is a formulation of pure hydrocarbon which is completely compatible with diesel fuel systems and diesel engines. A different form of the active ingredient in STR 2020 has been used in diesel and gasoline fuel.   

Will STR 2020 work well in Diesel & Gasoline? 

The efficiency of combustion in both diesel and gasoline engines is controlled by the properties of the air / fuel mixture in the cylinder at the time of ignition and during burn. In both engines, the physical behavior of the fuel following injection affects the uniformity of the air / fuel mixture. By modifying a fuel’s physical properties STR 2020 makes diesel and gasoline air / fuel mixtures more uniform thus improving combustion efficiency in both engines. It also helps to reduce noise in diesel engines. STR 2020 works direct or indirect injection into the engine.     

After using STR 2020, my diesel engines still gives out black smoke?  

Servicing the fuel nozzle and fuel pump, it help to reduce the black smoke simultaneously and effective fuel transmission. Sufficient air flow into the engine will help to save on fuel which it helps to magnetize, oxidize and lubricate well in the engines. The ionizer also helps on fuel savings. Reducing combustion in the chamber which also reduces impact, elascity of piston ring and leakage.      

How does STR 2020 effect spray patterns?  

STR 2020 makes droplet size distribution across an injector spray cone more uniform. Finally, STR 2020 causes the mass of fuel to be more evenly distributed across the spray cone.  

How should I mix STR 2020 with 2 stroke oil & fuel?  

STR 2020 can be mixed with a 2 stroke gas / oil mixture or it can be added to 2 stroke oil. The dosage is the same as for the 4 cycle cylinders.  

Will STR 2020 effects my oil to gasoline ratio? 

STR 2020 improves the efficiency of a 2 stroke engine. This reduces the amount of fuel and lubrication in the engine. For high performance engines using high fuel to oil ratio it is recommended that the oil content to be increased to make up for the reduction in fuel consumption.



Green Energy – It Is All Around Us

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
green energy
Stan Stomp asked:


The earth has blessed us with an abundance of green energy, all we need to do is tap into it. This site shares a few of the popular green energies like solar and wind power, what we failed to mention is hydro power, bio energy, geothermal, tidal or wave and hydrogen fuel cells. Green energy is defined in Wikipedia as “sources of energy that are considered to be environmentally friendly and non-polluting”. This is in true and rare form our new generation of energy. Fossil fuels in time will be exhausted or cost dearly to manufacture, not to mention the carbon foot print we have left for our children. 

    If you were to walk outside during the day and look around you would notice that green energy is all around us. Everywhere you look there is a source of untapped green energy. The most unique thing of all is it has always been there just patiently waiting for us to come to our senses. The sun shines every day, the wind blows frequently, the rivers flow all the time, the waves in the ocean crash on the shore like clockwork. None of these forces ever call in sick or just stop working, they are more constant than any other source of energy we have. They are not controlled by other countries and best of all they are free! 

    Green energy is the way of the future it is the only way we can save the earth for our future generations, it is the only way we can reverse the global warming. The government also sees a clear view of green energy you can view on their site here: http://www.eere.energy.gov/ they have it all broken down by programs. The government is also offering grants which can be viewed from the same page. Any way you look at it green energy is here to stay.

 

    So if green energy is so good and it is here to stay then why are we not embracing our future? Well, all you have to do is look at the economy and the shrinking that has happen since October 2007. In a shrinking economy one does not spend large amounts of capital on an investment like green energy. That would probably be the biggest problem with green energy is the initial capital that has to be spent to buy and install the equipment. Over time the investment will pay for itself but, right now it is cheaper for us to use our 120 year old addiction to fossil energy. So how do we break the habit? The government is offering rebates on green energy you can read the form here: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f5695.pdfup to 30% off! With that in mind it makes the pain of the expenditure just a little more inviting.