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    Running an Engine on Raw Natural Gas

    Hey guys, We have a customer who runs engines on raw natural gas from either gas wells or condensate wells, in all weather conditions. Cold start is sometimes an issue, as is liquid(?) build-up in the intake manifold. So I guess I can't treat it as a dry vapor. Do you have any hints which...
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    Sealing Up Rapid Prototype parts

    We recently purchased a Dimension 3D ABS Plus printer. The pieces were coming out great size wise but they leaked like seives. Dimension wanted $80 for a handball can size container of sealer. Someone told us to try MEK, methyl ethyl keytone. IT WORKS GREAT! In general brush it on and it...
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    Georgia Tech Reverse Flow Combustor

    http://www.gatech.edu/news-room/release.php?id=1020 Has anyone worked with this design before? I'm curious about the interation of the exhaust heat with the incoming fuel. Is the heating of the fuel part of the advantage of the design? Or is the fuel line insulated somehow?
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    Biomass Conversion...Is this a sham?

    http://news.ifas.ufl.edu/story.php?id=963 Alright gentlemen... let's dig in and analyze this one. My intuition tells me it's just another way to fleece the government for research and subsidy money. We'll need U.S. gasoline consumption data, agricultural data such as bushels/acre and...
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    Motor Start Capacitors

    How close does the farad rating of a Motor Start capacitor need to be to the original one used with the motor. Can you bump up the capacitor to help with heavily loaded motors?

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