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2. Diesel fuel - Wikipedia

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   A tank of diesel fuel on a truck. Diesel fuel, also called diesel oil, heavy oil (historically) or simply diesel, is any liquid fuel specifically designed for use in a diesel engine, a type of internal combustion engine in which fuel ignition takes place without a spark as a result of compression of the inlet air and then injection of fuel.

3. Vegetable oils as alternative energy - Wikipedia

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   Vegetable oils are the basis of biodiesel, which can be used like conventional diesel. Some vegetable oil blends are used in unmodified vehicles, but straight vegetable oil often needs specially prepared vehicles which have a method of heating the oil to reduce its viscosity and surface tension, sometimes specially made injector nozzles ...

4. Vegetable oil fuel - Wikipedia

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   When vegetable oil is used directly as a fuel, in either modified or unmodified equipment, it is referred to as straight vegetable oil (SVO) or pure plant oil (PPO). Conventional diesel engines can be modified to help ensure that the viscosity of the vegetable oil is low enough to allow proper atomization of the fuel.

5. Hydrotreated vegetable oil - Wikipedia

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   Renewable diesel from vegetable oil is a growing substitute for petroleum. [13] California fleets used over 200 million US gallons (760,000 m 3 ) of renewable diesel in 2017. The California Air Resources Board predicts that over 2 billion US gallons (7,600,000 m 3 ) of fuel will be consumed in the state under its Low Carbon Fuel Standard ...

6. Alternative fuel - Wikipedia

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   Alternative fuels, also known as non-conventional and advanced fuels, [1] are fuels derived from sources other than petroleum. [2] Alternative fuels include gaseous fossil fuels like propane , natural gas , methane , and ammonia ; biofuels like biodiesel , bioalcohol , and refuse-derived fuel ; and other renewable fuels like hydrogen and ...

7. Better Energy Stock: Diamondback Energy vs. Occidental ... - AOL

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   About 1.4 million of those acres are conventional oil fields that produce oil and gas by drilling vertical wells (instead of horizontally drilled wells) and enhanced oil recovery techniques (like ...