First leg of the journey…
Posted by Sandra in Arduino, Technology, WVO vehicle on 11. Jan, 2012 | 1 Comment
Since leaving Darfield on December 16th we have been SO busy! It is now January 10th and we are in Orlando and I’m just finding time to think about posting. Part of it was the novelty of being on a true “vacation” again and not wanting to do much else. Another part of our slowness … Read More →
Transportation revisited…
Posted by Sandra in Energy Solutions, WVO vehicle on 13. Dec, 2011 | 0 Comments
In all the excitement of getting the Delica outfitted to run on WVO, I completely forgot that we have had some discussion on this blog about transportation and the environment. It is with some smugness that I direct anybody who missed it the first time, here. Back in June 2010 I was lambasted in our … Read More →
Delica WVO Conversion: What I Did
Posted by Chris in Energy Solutions, WVO vehicle on 10. Dec, 2011 | 0 Comments
This is sort-of-like a Haynes shop manual of the WVO conversion …
This is what the L400 looked like after I first pulled it into the shop and popped the hood.
When I was working on the engine I removed the intercooler, the battery and the air filter. The intercooler has a number of electrical sensor lines … Read More →
Delica WVO Conversion: the Basics
Posted by Chris in Energy Solutions, WVO vehicle on 10. Dec, 2011 | 0 Comments
A WVO conversion allows you to burn oil instead of diesel as the fuel that powers a diesel engine. Diesel engines have a long history of using oil as a fuel. Most modern ships use diesel engines and run on bunker fuel … bunker fuel is a fancy word for oil. One of the original … Read More →
Arduino WVO ECU on a Breadboard!
Posted by Chris in Arduino, Energy Solutions, Technology, WVO vehicle on 08. Dec, 2011 | 0 Comments
I understand that most people will not find this post too exciting … but I am excited!
I have been working on an ECU (electronic control unit or more simply computer) for the WVO system. My current operating schematic (ECU_schem) is as shown in this post.
I finally got some of the parts laid out on a breadboard … Read More →
Delica WVO tank
Posted by Chris in WVO vehicle on 02. Dec, 2011 | 0 Comments
I’d thought I would do an introductory post on WVO (waste vegetable oil) conversions generally, but I have been working on the fuel tank recently so I guess I am going to post on that …
The typical automotive diesel engine is not setup to use oil as fuel; if you were to try to run … Read More →
