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Originally Posted by gpsman1
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I should have my first test done later today.
The only thing I will be able to measure is the gasoline/ethanol proportions. I will have no clue to the actual "quality" or btu content, or anything like that.
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If I understand the process, you mix a finite amount of ethanol with a finite amount of water and the ethanol leaves the gasoline and joins the water column, right?
If so, you might 'decant' the gasoline into a transport container and using a small gasoline engine, measure how long a small gasoline engine runs on that quantity of fuel. Higher energy content gasolines will run the small gas engine longer. For example, a small portable generator that runs a heater and clock that is reset to 12:00 for each test. When the clock stops is the relative amount of energy from that sample of gasoline.
GOOD LUCK!
Bob Wilson