Diesel vs LPG in cooking / baking application

**wowiesy** · January 22nd, 2013 12:31 PM

Hopefully may mga makatulong... I'm thinking of making our operations more efficient.. one area is efficiency sa fuel..

we process foods and therefore we use heating for cooking... may mga units na diesel fired ang lutuan... traditionally ang perception was matipid diesel (of course compared to electric oven or stove.. mas mura talaga diesel)... other option is LPG... in the past di kami gano particular sa tempertuare control... so therefore nasa experience lang talaga ng mga nagluluto sa amin to maintain quality.. in recent years.. we've upgraded our technology to put in temperature control para mastabilize ang quality.. and to also help the operators who are less experienced...

pero sa dulo... diesel pa rin gamit namin for a particular burner... may option now na possible alternative na available same type.. LPG naman fuel.. with the same controls for temperature... I'm tempted... however... going back to the science of it all..

in terms of heat capacity.. san ba mas efficient dapat? diesel? LPG? for the same heat requirement (assuming parehong efficient yung burners)... san ba dapat mas mababa ang fuel consumption ? ( di pa kasama yung price per unit applied to the fuel consumption)? then eventually, in terms of peso value (price per unit of fuel x consumption = total fuel cost) san ba dapat (ideally) better?

**ghosthunter** · January 22nd, 2013 07:23 PM

In terms of heating capacity, diesel offers more energy/volume than LPG.

As for the cheaper fuel to use... you might have to do your own computation.

LINK: http://www.google.com.ph/url?sa=t&rc...41248874,d.aGc

**light2light** · January 23rd, 2013 12:09 PM

Bro, sa tutuo lang, i am at a lost, what is a diesel fired burner? engine based ba yan? o parang gas stove using diesel?? Sori, igno ako dito.

The reason I am asking this querries is that you could use our technology which is the LPG STOVE FUEL SAVER. Its operation is simple. At the moment, we are using a working prototype on our double burner stove. There is one drawback, however, it make the gas so dense that it sometimes clog the nozzle. Regular cleaning of the 'nozzle' is required (about once or twice a month.) If you are interested, pls let me know. GH, kumusta?

Thanks for providing info on HHV values. I will be providing this info to support our application for patent at IPO. I had only provided info on the regional requirements of HHV in the Pacific region, Spain, Japan, etc.. tnx again.

**mateomarco** · January 23rd, 2013 12:19 PM

Sorry for the OT but i guess since for business/industrial use...Just to share, recently while availing a new laundry service in our area, i noticed na they have plenty of LPG tanks sa store which we see in a regular basis sa resto, bar, or other food establishment but not in a laundry...i ask the attendant kung para san yun ang to my surprise, yung machines nila for laundry are lpg powered...Mas matipid nga kaya if your using lpg to run such equipments?

**wowiesy** · January 23rd, 2013 06:13 PM

LPG for laundry service is used in drying clothes.. may heat source yun para mapabilis ang pag dry... domestic use units involve electric heaters.. while for commercial / industrial use, LPG ang gamit ...

sa worksheet given sa taas.. unit was BTU/gal... is that gal of lpg or yung galloon of the gas itself (na gas form na na lpg)... sa lpg kasi di ba we buy the liquid form (be it in tank or as dispensed in the stations) but actually burn the gas / vapors formed from the liquid form... sa diesel direct diesel ang sinisindihan eh...

**dr. d** · January 23rd, 2013 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by wowiesy

LPG for laundry service is used in drying clothes.. may heat source yun para mapabilis ang pag dry... domestic use units involve electric heaters.. while for commercial / industrial use, LPG ang gamit ...

sa worksheet given sa taas.. unit was BTU/gal... is that gal of lpg or yung galloon of the gas itself (na gas form na na lpg)... sa lpg kasi di ba we buy the liquid form (be it in tank or as dispensed in the stations) but actually burn the gas / vapors formed from the liquid form... sa diesel direct diesel ang sinisindihan eh...

clothes driers are just ovens. there are electric ovens, and there are lpg-heated ovens. electric ovens have better temperature control, and lpg ovens are actually cheaper to operate, what with the absurd cost of local electricity..
diesel fuel has more energy content than lpg, and its local price is politically protected.