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Who has access to crude oil, the real thing not the Wall Street version?
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so you want to try running on crude?
A friend works on oil rigs in nothern MI, I'm sure i could get you a sample.
A friend works on oil rigs in nothern MI, I'm sure i could get you a sample.
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Perhaps, diluted anyway, some engines were made to run on crude in the years past...want to expand and explore the use of the heated fuel tank system also. Want to see how much the crude can be heated before it gives off gases, which could complicate things..
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Mine is all contracted for or I would send you all you could stand.
It is dirty and full of crap, that is why we 'refine' it for use.
About the only usable product straight out of the ground is 'well head gas' which is naturally occurring gasoline. Take a quart of WD40 and ad to it for use. Knocks like crazy and you will not be happy if the cops enforce the fuel law.
It is dirty and full of crap, that is why we 'refine' it for use.
About the only usable product straight out of the ground is 'well head gas' which is naturally occurring gasoline. Take a quart of WD40 and ad to it for use. Knocks like crazy and you will not be happy if the cops enforce the fuel law.
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Re: RE: Crude oil
Can you expand on this, more specifically, please.dabtl said:
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i work for a chemical plant near baltimore, part of what we do is make the fuel cracking catalist. if you really want to seprate the fuel this is what you need. try to search fuel cracking catalist.
i work for a chemical plant near baltimore, part of what we do is make the fuel cracking catalist. if you really want to seprate the fuel this is what you need. try to search fuel cracking catalist.
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Some oil is more suitable for fuels, Lybia produces the finest light crude and North Sea is almost tar. West Texas intermediate is the standard.
So, depending on what kind of crude you get, it may be too thick and dirty for use or just right. You never know unless you know the source.
Oil comes from porous rock formations. It is abrasive material naturally. Simplified, it is distilled in 'cracking towers' to eliminate the impurities from the formation and separate by weight the various products.cranetruck said:
Some oil is more suitable for fuels, Lybia produces the finest light crude and North Sea is almost tar. West Texas intermediate is the standard.
So, depending on what kind of crude you get, it may be too thick and dirty for use or just right. You never know unless you know the source.
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Hmm...there are many examples of "crude oil" engines and I am wondering how the fuel was prepared, I guess, to rephrase the question. Still would like to get a gallon or two to play with.
There are many hits like this one:
"In 1893, J & CG Bolinders Mekaniska Verkstads AB built their first combustion engine, designed by an engineer named Weyland. This was not particularly successful, so J & CG Bolinders Mekaniska Verkstads AB engaged another engineer by the name of Rundlöf as a consultant. In 1897, they presented a two-stroke crude-oil engine that was a tremendous success. In the 1920s, it had a global market share of around 80% in fishing boats. Reliability, fuel economy and long service life all contributed to its success."
Hmm...there are many examples of "crude oil" engines and I am wondering how the fuel was prepared, I guess, to rephrase the question. Still would like to get a gallon or two to play with.
There are many hits like this one:
"In 1893, J & CG Bolinders Mekaniska Verkstads AB built their first combustion engine, designed by an engineer named Weyland. This was not particularly successful, so J & CG Bolinders Mekaniska Verkstads AB engaged another engineer by the name of Rundlöf as a consultant. In 1897, they presented a two-stroke crude-oil engine that was a tremendous success. In the 1920s, it had a global market share of around 80% in fishing boats. Reliability, fuel economy and long service life all contributed to its success."
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A friend of mine has a gas well and gets oil out of it. He sells it to a guy that runs it in his cat D9. The oil that comes out of western PA is some of the best in the world. I can ask him if we can get some. How do I get it to you?
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Shipping could be a problem, looked up the USPS regs and since crude oil has a very low flash point (room temperature) the limit is 1 pint in a plastic container.
Thanks for the offer to supply the oil, but it will have to wait until a personal delivery can be arranged.
Thanks for the offer to supply the oil, but it will have to wait until a personal delivery can be arranged.
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There is some oil production in W. Virginia. You probably could go there and ask a pumper for some. Not a big deal.
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I was searching the forums and found this... any word on how the experiment worked out?
I'm looking at what a system would be that could process crude and if the methods could be applied to other waste stock.
I'm looking at what a system would be that could process crude and if the methods could be applied to other waste stock.
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