Generator Fuel Rules of Thumb [RE-wrenches]

[Ezra Auerbach, Trace Engineering]

Clearly 153 cu ft per gallon is not correct or a gallon would be 1' square and 154' tall  or round
about the size of 5.7 cu' yards of concrete.  154.3 cu " is a tad more likely that would make a bit
larger than a cubic foot which more or less is the size of a gallon of liquid

Ezra

"Steve Willey, Backwoods Solar" wrote:

> We sell 10 RY, larger engine low rpm, but I believe the power usage at 75%
> load would be about twice what you figured.  The 154.3 cu ft per gallon
> looks wrong, wasn't it somewhere around 45?  I can't find my notes either.
>
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> From: Travis Creswell, Ozark Solar <ozsolar at ipa.net>
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> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 6:02 PM
> Subject: Generator Fuel Rules of Thumb [RE-wrenches]
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> > Wrenches,
> >
> > I have forgotten and can't seem to find anything (but I haven't looked
> very
> > hard yet) about generator fuel usage.  Does anyone have any numbers on
> > gallons/hp/hr or gallons/kW/hr?  Diesel and/or Propane?
> >
> > I have a customers spec. sheet on a Propane Kohler 11RMY that gives
> > 99cfh at full load.  It includes the conversion factor of gal/hr=cfh/154.3.
> > The math says .64 gallons per hour but I thinking that is low.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Travis Creswell
> > Ozark Solar
> > Neosho,  Missouri
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