NEW MOTOR FUEL.
CHARCOAL REPLACES- PETROL. That charcoal gas can be used effectively as h substitute for petrol in motor vehicles was demonstrated recently by the French Government in a 1500 mile endurance test for cars using this new form of fueL It was found that a motor truck burning charcoal and using the gases of combustion in its cylinders, costs less than one-fourth as much to operate as a similar truck using petrol. For the use of charcoal gas no changes in the design and construction of the motor are necessary, it is said. The car, however, must carry a wood or coal burning furnace, which is fed with charcoal blocks. As the charcoal burns, the gas rises to the
top cf the furnace, whence it is carried off to the motor. There the gas is ignited,, muck the same as in the motor car, and its expansion supplies the power to drive the pistons of the car’s. engine.
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Putaruru Press, Volume V, Issue 176, 17 March 1927, Page 7
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