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Ever since the Taurus took a nose dive a few years ago, Ford has been looking for a suitable replacement to challenge the Accord and Camry in the mid-sized car segment.The Fusion first came out in Ford’s line up in 2006 but is newley changed with the a Hybrid power plant system that people are really starting to notice.The 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show.  What makes this Ford so special is the excellent in-town gas mileage that the hybrid can get.The Environemetal Protection Agency gives the Fusion a rating of 41 Miles Per Gallon which is muchsuperior than the Toyota Camry, and evensuperior than the fuel efficient Civic Hybrid; all this from a medium sized hybrid car.Without the gas engine, the Fusion can drive up to 47 MPH on just the electric motor alone.There are a ton of Vehicle Magazines that have used these tactics to get muchsuperior gas savings than the EPA ratings.

New technology in the Hybrid allows the Fusion to instruct drivers which driving style gets the best fuel economy.The Engineers have a great feature of gauges built into the dash called the Smart Gauge.  There are 2 LCD screens located one on each side of the speedo which display 4 different information screens.The driver can see the amount of gasoline and the amount of electric charge left in the batteris through the 1st info screen.The 2nd display shows theAutomobile tachometer and also tells which mode the Fusion is running in; full electric or hybrid.The third monitor will tell how the battery power is and what the engine output is.Additional power consumption and power to the wheels are shown in the last data screen.The info centers in the Fusion display MGP, fuel consumption past data, a driving log, and radiator temp.Best fuel economy can be gauged through real time MPG information showing the driver which driving style is best.

You can see the hybrid flow graph located in the navigation screen.These smart gauges will display the different features of the hybrid powerplant including the 2 drives (electric and hybrid), the boost, charging while idle, and of course regenerative braking.

What is really cool about the Fusion is that ford used reclaimed yarns to make the seats, no other hybrid can claim this.Toyota and Honda have been selling thousands of hybrids per year unchallanged, betterlate than never with Ford.

Check out the inventory at Huntington Beach Ford today.  Or view a cool video and review of the Ford Fusion Hybrid brought to you by your Orange County Ford Dealer. Or check out a great bunch of Atlanta Acura Dealers.

First what are these two types of filtering systems?

WVO (waste vegetable oil) centrifuge:

A centrifuge is a piece of equipment, generally driven by a motor that puts WVO in rotation around a fixed axis, applying a force perpendicular to the axis. The oil entrifuge works using the sedimentation principle, where the centripetal acceleration is used to evenly distribute substances WVO of greater and lesser density. Traditional centrifuges use an electric motor to spin a “bowl” at high RPM and create a force like gravity but up to 3000 times the force of gravity. This speeds up particulate and water separation enormously. Separation levels that might take months using only gravity take less than a minute in a centrifuge. And most industrial centrifuges are continuous so dirty WVO can be fed in and clean WVO fuel exits. accumulatMost centrifuges must be stopped to remove the contaminants but some systems are available that allow automated cleaning without stopping the centrifuge.

WVO (waste vegetable oil) Filter:

A gravity or pressure filtration system, the WVO is simply poured into a filter bag placed over a container into which the WVO is collected. These filter bags come in different microns or levels of filtering capability to suit your needs.

Which issuperior well it all comes down to how much WVO you want to process, how much time you’ve to spend processing, how much money do you want to spend, and how hard do you want to work.

With WVO Filter system Oil will run through a 100 micron filter bag at 2-5 gallons per minute however, if the oil is dirty or just creamy the flow rate will deteriorate rapidly.Pre heating the oil helps as does Largerand longer filter bags.  My advice is to only use filter bags after settling. Which means time waiting for the oil to settle. Cartridge WVO filters tee strainers ECT should be used only with heated oil or heating of the filter.Waxy particles in cool oilBigspills are possible.

With WVO Centrifuge “Forced Settling” can clean WVO to sub micron levels as well as removing heavier liquid contaminants such as water.  If you are looking at having to deal with hundreds of gallons or more, a centrifuge is your only solution. WVO centrifuge is required to remove solid and liquid contaminants from the WVO regardless of size. Centrifuges have proven to be quite efficient in the cleaning of waste vegetable oil and reducing the free fatty acids in the pre processing of Biodiesel. They also have proven to remove glycerin during the processing. Contaminant particles as small as 1/10^th of 1 micron are removed, all without the use of a disposable expensive filter element. There is simply no betterway to make quality biodiesel quickly. What takes many hours for gravity to separate down a centrifuge can separate instantly in seconds.

Right now in the United States, there is aBig push for people to use substitute fuels as opposed to gasoline. There are many reasons for this push. Generally, it’s because substitute fuels are kinder to the environment and can help to combat the ever-growing problem of global warming.

The price of driving a car is rising at an alarming rate. It has become veryPriceyto drive a car, so people are looking out for ways to save money on their fuel. Scientists are developing alternative fuels that can help not only the environment, but also the consumer’s checkbook. The new substitute fuels offer advantages in so many ways that people are really starting to take a look at these as an option over paying astronomical gasoline prices.

When consumers use alternative fuels both to gas up their automobile as well as heat and cool their homes, they are helping the environment as well as helping themselves. The toxins that are released into the air when we burn gasoline and other fuels have shown to contribute to global warming and before we know it, winter will be as warm as summer.

In the simplest form, an substitute fuel is one that is not produced by using crude oil. They are simply fuels that replace conventional gasoline as a means of powering vehicles. Alternative fuels have desirable energy efficiency and pollution reduction features. The 1990 Clean Air Act encourages development and sale of substitute fuels.

There are many different kinds of substitute fuels – the most prominent one as well as the one that has been around the longest is ethanol. Ethanol is made from corn which is a great help to our farmers as well as to consumers and the environment. Ethanol is sometimes called grain alcohol. It can also be made from organic materials including agricultural crops and waste, plant material left from logging, and trash including paper.
The alcohol found in alcoholic beverages is ethanol. However, the ethanol used for motor fuel is denatured, which means poison has been added so people can’t drink it. Some people believe that producing ethanol takes more energy than it gives back and for the most part, this is true. However, technologies have evolved in such a way that it is possible to increase the efficiency of producing ethanol.
The growing trend toward substitute fuels will probably grow as we become more and more conscious of how we are damaging our environment through our habits and products we use. New substitute fuels are being developed all the time and having a choice will certainly be a nice alternative itself.