Learning
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A) Outline
B) Basics
C) Generator
D) Prime Mover
E) Fuel
  1) Main Fuel Types
  b) Coal
  c) Nuclear
  d) Natural Gas
  e) Oil/Petroleum
  f) Gasoline/Diesel
  2) Renewable Fuel Types
  3) What's a Pipeline?
  4) Recap: Fuel
F) Distribution
Finish Here

 

 
 
E2f) Main Fuel Types Gasoline & Diesel

Diesel fuel is the fuel of choice for standby power because it is convenient to transport. It requires no pipelines, and a fuel truck can pull up to the side of the reciprocating engine or turbine and fill up the tank. Gasoline rarely used in anything other than very small engines (like portable generators).

Let’s move onto some of the renewable ‘fuels’.

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