SVO: Powering Your Vehicle With Straight Vegetable Oil

Author : Forest Gregg

Publisher: New Society Publishers

Published date: 2008-07-01

Price: $10.78 - $18.95

There is a lot of information out there about the pros and cons of biofuels more cons than pros recently but still nothing seems to beat Straight Vegetable Oil SVO It s cheap carbon neutral uses a waste product and does not depend upon centralized corporate infrastructure And now there is a definitive guide to fueling your diesel engine with this alternative fuel SVO Powering Your Vehicle with Straight Vegetable Oil cuts through the masses of often contradictory erroneous and confusing information on the subject and provides a practical guide It also importantly and uniquely explains what is necessary to convert a diesel engine and how to do it properly there are facts figures charts grpahs diagrams and lots of technical detail but with all its detail the book is still very accessible Gregg knows his stuff he is a former researcher with Frybrid a leading developer of veggie oil conversion systems and has worked as a designer fabricator and installer of SVO conversion systems Natural Life Magazine The benefits of straight vegetable oil SVO as an alternate fuel for diesel engines are many SVO is cheap carbon neutral uses a waste product and does not depend upon centralized corporate infrastructure Authors Christopher Goodwin and Forest Gregg are the founder and designer respectively of Frybrid the most respected vegetable oil conversion company in the United States They have many combined years of expertise in the use of straight vegetable oil as a fuel and have sifted through the masses of contradictory erroneous and confusing information on the subject extracting the very best information available Chapters include Vegetable oil sources extraction and refining Viscosity Chemical degradation Fuel properties Contaminants System design Engine modifications SVO is the only book available that explains exactly what is necessary to convert a diesel vehicle and how to do it properly It gives readers the tools to sort through the different companies and online plans to find something that works well While technical in nature this fully illustrated book is very accessible Each concept is introduced and described in great detail Designed to educate new consumers it is also a resource for current conversion owners Forest Gregg is a researcher with Frybrid and has worked as a designer and installer of the conversion systems Christopher Goodwin has been in the automotive business for twenty years has owned two shops specializing in German auto repair and is the founder of Frybrid the most respected vegetable oil conversion company in the United States