Turbocharging a natural gas engine

[Clive Apps Techno-Logicals 416 510 0020]

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> > Compressed natural gas has an octane rating around 120 +
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> > turbocharging an engine using natural gas makes sense
> > because natural gas costs about 35-40 cents per "gallon"
> > in your home and about 65 cents per "gallon" at a gas station
> > (if you don't have a 3600 PSI pump at your house).
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> > many cities in the US offer a rebate to convert your vehicle
> > to natural gas, like Austin, texas.  here, i can convert for
> > free.
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> > (* a "gallon" of compressed natural gas is the amount of CNG with
> > the equivalent energy of a gallon of gasoline)
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> Good points except that street cars are generally "crusing" where turbos
> don't helpBSFC, however very high compression does....... then you can't
> run as dual fuel.Regards  Tom


some turbo cars are under boost at cruise
even 5 lbs will give a 30 % increase in power
so a 8:! motor behaves like a 10:1
which does help BSFC

Clive 

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