<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Jeremy and all</div><div><br></div><div>Both gasoline and diesel are approximately -CH2- chained together. Their combustion can be written</div><div> </div><div>CH2 + 3/2(O2 + 3.76 N2) ==> CO2 + H2O + 5.64 N2</div><div>M 14. 44. 18 158. 220</div><div><br></div><div>So the all important Air/Fuel, A/F ratio is 220 /14= 15.7</div><div><br></div><div>The ratio is often given as 14.7. Maybe this is due to the presence of unsaturated and aromatics with lower H/C ratios.</div><div><br></div><div>The oxygen sensor is capable of measuring very small amounts of unburned fuel or oxygen in the exhaust and adjusting the A/F ratio for perfect combustion. </div><div><br></div><div>Diesel combustion is always lean.</div><div><br></div><div>Lucky us that our cars are so clean.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Reed<br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">On Aug 17, 2011, at 9:44 AM, Jérémie Biton <<a href="mailto:jb@groupeden.net">jb@groupeden.net</a>> wrote:</span><br></div><div><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello to all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Does anybody have an idea of the CO2
emission after generator?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For comparison, a diesel generator of this
size (20kWe) has a rate of about 1,1 kgeqCO2/kWh.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Jeremy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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