Have land; cleared site; have 300 solar panels for power; have a fire truck as a test engine. …. All self financed and accumulated.
Work on this project winters in the Caribbean.
Can you recommend an lpg conversion kit that I can adapt to run on ammonia.
This has the potential of being a cheap substitute motor fuel that can be manufactured almost anywhere. The cost of the ongoing inputs are minuscule… the cost is in the equipment to manufacture not so cheap.
Paradigm Shift….???? Non petroleum based motor fuel one can produce and store. Forget electric vehicles and catalytic converters. Everyone gets to keep gas/diesel power with no pollution. Ammonia when burned with excess air…. tailpipe emissions … nitrogen and water vapors.
Scott will share more if you’re interested or would like to help next winter.
Regards … Chris Kruger….
presently in NH and Eastport Maine.
Whatever the merits or demerits of this might be, the problem is that the psychos running the world world leaders have made the decision that battery electric is what they want and they have already forcibly imposed that mandate on manufacturers who have had to make massive investments in that technology. Whether we like it or not, that's the reality. So anything else is going to be an uphill battle whether it is better or not.
You might want to try contacting Scotty directly for his take on it. Instructions are in the FAQ.
Hmm sounds like fuel storage would be an issue.
Ammonia has at least 4 times less energy than gasoline, so you would need to store a lot of it for any decent range.
It would have to be compressed into cylinders which are bulky, and can explode when heated. They would have to be refilled slowly under high pressure.
Ammonia is extremely corrosive. It'll destroy a normal combustion engine very quickly.
Not to mention that it's extremely harmful to humans. Contact or inhalation causes instant burns.
This does not sound very practical at all.
Your idea simply won't work. You have to put a respirator on when you're working with ammonia. It is VERY toxic to humans. It takes your breath away, literally. I used to titrate for ammonia, via electroless nickel solutions. Everyone would have to undergo basic Hazmat training in order to drive a car. That's not practical, even if you somehow managed to solve everything else.
