New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-24
NEW AUTO FUEL NEEDED
Kerosene Burning Motors May
Solve Grave Problem.
GASOLINE TOO EXPENSIVE
Suitable Carburetors Said To
Be Ready if Motor Car
Users Demand Them.

price OF SdSoien" n"S apparently NOT bct1
given tho consideration which il deserves
( by the manufac turers of automobiles. The
largest increase in production OF gaso-
, lcne in one year has not been more than
> per cent while the production of auto
! mobiles will in all probs bility represent an
increase this coming year of almost 100
per cent.
! Kerosene is necessarily produced with
gasolcne. both being products OF crude
! petroleum. Unfortunately, the demand is
| almost entirely for Gasoene. and this de-
mand is increasing by leaps and bounds,
while the demand for kerosene. although
| growing is 90 slight as TO be almost neg
| liSiblc yet Of the various products dis
| titled from petroleum commercial gaso-
/ lene represents but % per cent. while light
| and heavy kerosene is in the neiehbor-
hood of Is per cent. Increasing tho guam
tity Of gasolcne. therefore. would neccssi-
tate an enormous overproduction of kcro-
scne. saws q. s. Foljambe in The Auto
| mobile Trade journal
To make il profitable TO produce both
| fuels In larger quantities. Mr.. Foliambe
advocates the use OF both fuels in auto
mobiles at the present time. and urges
! the makers TO order kerosene carbu-
J rctors from the carburctor makers. and
| euuip their cars with them From letters
! written TO all the Carburetor makers VI
has been found that several stand ready
! at any time To supply what are claimed
10 be successful kerosene carburetors
lust a soon as the car makers will order
| in five thousand lots. Kerosene and rsso-
lcne have been successfully used with
| some carburctors without other change
than supplying them with heated ar the
proportions being % per cent kerosene
TO 20 per cent gasolene, the fuels Deins
mixed in the same tank.
Tho demand must come from tho public.
hut tho majority OF motorists, although
dcsirous Of cutting down their fuel bills.
do Mt, know that the kerosene carbu-
! rotor is already a possibility. yet such IL
undoubtedly the case. \ demand on 'he
! mart of tho car makers for kerosene car
buro,ors in quantity would almost imIne-
diately be supplied by the carburetor
n,orufa c,urers many OF whom have been
working OIL this problem for several
years. d..
The chief difficulty in using Kerosene ~
the fac, that il does not vaporlze resoii!
enough 10 start a cold engine Gaso'ene
is therefore used until the engine Is
wsrmed ND There are three genera
methods Of handling kerosene one
| which has not been applied to autoiho-
hiIes is injection o. the raw fuel INTO
| heated chamber: another ia TO atomic
{, en- thoroughly that IL will form Good
enough mixture with the air so that u
! will turn into vapor when TINS fniH'u''
enters the combustion chamber OF Inv
motor and the third method, which seems
| 10 be more generally approved, IS 70 use II
yanorizer or some device for heating inc
fave, n the point where 1t volatlizes. TINS
reouiring a temperature with orolharS
kerosene OF about 80 degrees fahreh"o''
| and then mixing the Vapor WIN an
The heat Of the exhaust is now pens
appi,ed successfully for this purpose oy
| truck maker on the Pacific Coast anu
| this method I'm general seems to give Del
ter satisfaction and be more apphcaoie
70 automobiles than the other me'h"uS
mentioned There is tendency on Inv
mar, of the kerosene to separate INTO JUS
lower products and clog the vaporlzef so
| snec,al means Of cleaning the Vaporizer
must be supplied.
Renzol. which r. distilate from coal
| attendant upon the manufacture OF gas.
| gp
li.o pasolene. but containing somewhat
more heat units per pound. This fnel Is
now worth in the United states about -
| cents per gallon in fifty gallon lots ana
| 60 suitablc for use in automobile engines
and carburetors as now designed. Bcnzol
can he manufactured in larger quantities
II necessary and at a lower price so that
! il may become a possible competitor OF
| pasolene II THE price Of sasolene goes
| much above 25 cents per gallon, as there
Is every indication OF its doing next sum
| mer.
| Benzol il already used 10 some extent
| in England. and a regular benzoi industry
is springing up TO supply the demand.
The use Of this f1l is stcadyinS the price
OF yasolene and preventing IL from going
higher. However. all of the fuels so FAR
| mentioned are products OF crude oil or
| coal. both OF which arc limited. True. the
price Of gasolene may be somewhat
higher on account OF oil fields being held
back and certain wells capped and held
| in reserve. yet the entire worlds supply
4. not by any means unlimited, so that
the enormous demand, which Is increasing
at a phenomenal rate each year VIII
eventually nccessitate the use OF some
other fuel which can be manufactured
from products which are not limited.
| Alcohol Is the fuel which answers THESE
| reouirements. but as ii cannot be used
| N advantage in the present motors II VIII
nrobably not enter into the field for many
| yo,rs to come, but when 1t does II -
| claimed that II can be produced In enor-
nous quantities from garbage and other
| w.ste products and sold retail for AZ low
40 10 or ls cents per gallon. In motors
designed for its use. with compressions
| ot ,so mounds TO the square inch. this
| ,ucl gives. weight for weight and size TOT
! s,vo NJ motor, greater efficiency and al
,,os, 20 per cent more power than gaso-
lane It's time will come