[Vwdiesel] negative aspects of burning water

The President quantum-man at hotmail.co.uk
Sat Sep 22 09:35:17 PDT 2007


Ron
Can you elucidate exactly what your diesel electric regenerator actually 
consists of?
Vehicle method of attachment of generator size of battery etc... any details 
of any aspect please :oD)
Mark

>From: "Ron Schroeder" <rjs at bnl.gov>
>To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] negative aspects of burning water
>Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:59:49 -0400
>
>Hi James,
>
>While the diesel isn't as bad to start with, a diesel will still benefit
>from a hybrid drivetrain.  The diesel does have a wider range of outputs
>where the Base Specific Fuel Consumption is still high but the farther away
>from the sweet spot, the worse the fuel consumption gets, just like in a 
>gas
>engine, just not as bad.  Even if a diesel kept the same efficiency over
>it's entire power range, a hybrid would still benefit from the fuel savings
>of regenerative braking in stop and go driving and if the battery was big
>enough it could get some of it's range from outside electric sources.
>
>My diesel/electric hybrid gained about 30% in town with regenerative
>braking.
>
>Kenworth has just announced a hybrid diesel electric Class 6 truck.  It's
>the T270.
>
>Ron Schroeder
>WD8CDH
>
>
> > Message: 4
> > Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:55:16 -0600
> > From: James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net>
> >
> > Ron S, in a diesel elecric hybrid, would not the returns be too small to
> > justify the added costs?
> > A diesel can be VERY efficient, but wouldn't the electrical losses add
> > up faster than the mechanical losses in a straight mechanical drive
> > diesel?   I know there is a net benefit in a gasser, mostly because the
> > gasser is inherently shitty in terms of efficiency to start with.
> > -james
> > ****
>
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