Was riding behind one of these french fry machines last night. just wondering if anyones tried to convert a prius to biodiesel either with engine mods or a complete engine swap..
No sane person would try: the Atkinson cycle gas engine fundamentally isn't suited to Diesel, no existing Diesel engine would fit mechanically, and Diesel doesn't fit the run-stop philosophy of the Prius design. Much better to put a Diesel into a pure series hybrid where it could run continuously.
Hi All, I am thinking a Bio-Gasoline Prius would be easier - BioButanol. Wondering if somebody could make a garage Butanol reactor, that took in SVO and put out Butanol?
As pointed out previously, you can't (easily) convert a spark ignition engine to run diesel or bio-diesel. More compatible fuels are LPG, CNG, ethanol. More exotic fuels include wood gas.
I see three logistical problems, assuming you're talking about using ABE: The ABE process is anaerobic You need to separate the ABE at the end (you could leave the ethanol, I guess) I'm not sure you can get from SVO to butanol using ABE as you need starch
Hi Politburo, Thanks for that. One only need to remove the A from the ABE. Might as well leave the Ethanol in there. I think I am remembering they have processes to keep the E under 10 % of the BE produced in the ABE. Although, those might be licensed microbes for that.
