alternative fuel/stupid idea?

Shannen Durphey shannen at mcn.net
Thu Dec 4 08:21:24 GMT 1997



Joe Boucher wrote:

> Shannen Durphey wrote:
>
> >   It's been awhile since I took chemistry.  Doesn't the stoichiometric ratio
> > indicate the point where all components in a reaction combine?  What I mean is, at
> > the stoichiometric ratio, the products of the reaction should contain none of the
> > original reactants, correct?
>
> YES!  Gasoline and oxygen should end up as H20 and CO2.  I'm sure you
> realise this, but allow me to be clear, theory and real world hardly
> ever meet exactly.  That's why we end up with NO2 and unburned
> hydrocarbons.
>
> Joe (Professor for 15 seconds) Boucher
> '70 RS/SS Camaro  '81 TBI Suburban

  And CO.  But CO and HC's are fuels!!!  And the Oxides of  N2 are produced when
cumbustion temps increase, which happens when more air is added to the mix.  Kinda
sounds like a catch-22. There must be a way to use the HC and CO for something other
than Catalytic Converter fuel.

Shannen




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