Compression Ratio: Why Diesel Engines are More Efficient than Gasoline Engines
Compression ratio plays as large a role in fuel efficiency as any other engine combustion factor. Diesel engines are between 25 percent and 35 percent more fuel efficient than gasoline engines of comparable size. If two vehicles have engines that are equal in size, but one has a diesel engine and th
Lower Diesel Emissions: Reducing Diesel Engine Emissions with Technologies
Lower diesel emissions mean better health for both people and the environment. To be fair, however, it should be noted that diesel engines exceptionally fuel efficient in relation to gasoline, ethanol, biodiesel, and propane-powered engines. A diesel engine is between 25 percent and 35 percent mor
What Determines Engine Fuel Efficiency: “Gas” Mileage of a Vehicle
Fuel efficiency is the product of two variables. Fuel density is one of two factors that determine fuel economy and thermal efficiency is the other. That is to say, fuel density and thermal efficiency determine the “gas” mileage of diesel, gasoline, biofuel, ethanol, and propane-powered vehicles
Fuel Catalyst: What is a Fuel Catalyst and What Does a Fuel Catalyst Do?
A fuel catalyst is a pre-combustion mechanical device that increases fuel efficiency and decreases emissions. There are both diesel fuel catalysts and fuel catalysts for gasoline. Because of the difference in density between fossil fuels, fuel catalysts have varying degrees of impact with respect to
Diesel Emissions: Types and Effects of Diesel Engine Emissions
Diesel emissions compared to gasoline, biodiesel, ethanol, propane, and natural gas is debated with regard to least/most and safest/worse. With respect to fuel efficiency, there is no debate. Diesel engines are far more fuel efficient than gasoline engines of comparable size. In fact, diesel engines
Gasoline vs Diesel Emissions: Types and Effects of Each on Health & Environment
Gasoline vs diesel emissions is a comparison measured by an accounting for fuel economy, fuel composition, and engine-type combustion characteristics. It is not unreasonable to assume that gasoline and diesel engines produce the same emissions. After all, both gasoline and diesel are hydrocarbon bas
Reduce Farming Costs by Increasing Fuel Consumption Efficiency
A farmers personal income, while it may seem like the sum of a wide range of factors and variables, is as simple as two words: net profit. There are only two kinds of profit, net and gross. Gross profit is the most important of the two because gross profit is the amount of money a […]
Cut Costs of Agricultural Production: Understanding how to Increase Profit
Success in an AG business means accomplishing two things: generating a high gross profit and minimizing the difference between gross profit and net profit. Gross profit is how much money an operation makes. Net profit is how much money an individual or a company makes. Theoretically, an operation ca
Alternative Energies You’ve Never Heard of, but that Have Great Potential
Alternative Energies You’ve Never Heard of, but that Have Great Potential Alternative energies, those energies we’re lead to believe will replace fossil fuels — alternative energies like solar, wind, hydroelectric, and biofuels — all innately limited. The notion that any alternative fuel or
Dirtiest Fuels and Energies to Produce: Fossil Fuels vs Alternatives
It is no secret and not debatable, fossil fuels — particularly coal, gasoline, diesel, and fuel oil — pollute heavily when combusted or burned. However, the production of traditional fossil fuels does not generate tremendous amounts of emissions nor pollution during production. Though there are