"SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote in message
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Today, I saw a company that is promoting a propane/diesel fuel system.
Touted to have all kinds of upsides including increased horsepower and
double fuel efficiency.

Anyone hear of this or can provide info?

Steve

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"...the man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere
critic-the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and
imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be
done." Theodore Roosevelt 1891

I don't know if it's pertinent or not but Cooper Bessemer (and likely
others) have built large engines for many years that are "dual fuel". They
can operate on 100% diesel or on natural gas with a diesel "pilot" injection
only for ignition. They start on diesel and a valving system brings on the
gas as the diesel is reduced. This is very, very old technology and is
commonly used in power plants.

My knowledge came from the power plants for the Safeguard anti-missile
system in the early 70's. The engines normally ran on natural gas but could
go to full diesel in self-contained alert mode when all external systems
were disconnected.

Don Young