Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-18
CHEAPER MOTOR
FUEL WILL BE
SOON MADE
Engineer Tells How Long
Cuts" May Be Made on the
Basis of Liquid.

The latest solution offered for the
high priced fuel problem comes from
an engineer who is both an autoist and
closely associated with the oil indus
try. He suggests way that would eff
feet a ready relief In the present mar
ket condition. which has come 10 be a
serious matter to owners and makers of
automobiles.
1t is perhaps triHe technical, but is
effectual, he says. Long cuts" as
they are termed in the petroleum indus
try, afford the solution, which, accord
ing to him, is Immediately available.
Gasoline, or naphtha, as is we'll
known, is distilled from crude benzine,
which is distilled from crude OIL" 1t is
explained. THE crude benzine is
placed in stills which are heated by
steam; as the vapors pass over they
are condensed. This condensation is
divided as it comes from the condenser
into fractions or cuts. The first frac-
tions, being very volatile, are called the
light end and the latter the heavy
end"
Would Serve Purpose.
The engineer quoted maintains that
by making a long cut from the light
end down to say a Baume gravity of
81 degrees it would serve the purpose.
This long cut must embody all of the
fractions OF the distillate in their order,
the light and volatile parts taking care
of the quick ignition of the charge,
while the heavy end will take care of
the expansion so necessary to the oper-
alton OF automobile engines.
A long cut with none of the inter
mediate fractions having been drawn
off, Immediately will so greatly in
crease the production of automobile fuel
that 1t viii make possible a price more
nearly approximating that which OBJ
tanned less than a year ago, when nine
cents a gallon was the prevailing rate.
If the oil companies will not adopt this
measure of relief, the engineer states
that there is a way of forcing them to
do so and a way that would serve so
many good purposes that it appears
worth while.
1T was the law which compelled the
production of fuel at a certain specified
flash test that is directly responsible
for the uniformity OF the kerosene
which can be obtained today at almost
any grocery store in any part of the
country" said he in outlining his views
and whenever a similar law is brought
to bear on gasoline the same result will
be obtained. Flash tests will prove
abundantly that 81 degrees gasoline is
ample for practical purposes. and If the
law permits the sale of no other motor
fuel the producers quickly will be
brought into line,
Safety Is Increased.
at means not only a greatly in
creased supply and a much lower price,
but II will mean also that wherever
gasoline is used or handled the element
of safety will be very measurably in
creased
On the subject of kerosene, he said:
From the engineers standpoint kero-
sene is the ideal fuel. 1t is richer in
heat units than gasoline, which means
that II has higher expansion and more
power; also it has more uniform
range of distillation and uses larger
portion OF air in carburetors The gas
produced is not contaminated with
marsh gas and other gases that break
up the cycles of hydrocsrbon in COM
bustion and is not so susceptible to at
mospheric and relative humidity
changes.
"Of course I know that from time out
OF mind the effort has been In progress
TO evolve a kerosene carburetor and
that the effort has not ceased. | am
firm in the belief that soon rather than
later It will be found, but when il is
found or before that time engine de-
signers must lend their assistance and
make necessary alterations In their
motors"