Engine performance/ Fuel energy figures sought

Hi Art, Here's one for you to ponder:

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rob Skinner La Habra, California

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my two cents worth; the quote from penn state university seems strange. for gasoline (petrol)they quote 8600 btu/gallon...and i'm assuming a US gallon, that's about 6 lbs/gallon. that would indicate about 1466 btu/lb. that's patently incorrect. . methanol has a btu/lb approximately 8600. i'm under the impression that gasoline is about 15,000 btu/lb.

aside, i use a gasoline burn of about 0.45#/hp-hr and 0.37#/hp-hr. i use 13.07 cu. ft. of air equals one pound. (for my calculations) am i off somewhere? i'd also be interested in a site on the interenet to go deeper into it. my best to a great newsgroup. sammmm

Looks to me like there is a zero missing - 14,660 ?

Regards,

Kim Siddorn

Mike.H.

Thanks, all for your input, I had previously found some info on the net, though some was contradictory!

Keep it coming, I won't have time to review the latest sites until after I come back from the pub. I expect all the statistics will seem very clear then! :-)

Thanks and Regards, Arthur G

Feeling thirsty already!