Cooker requires minor modification for biofuel future
In preparation for when biofuels are more commercially available and in recognition of Aga's renowned longevity, Aga has launched a biofuel model.
Strictly, biofuel is any fuel that derives from biomass — recently living organisms or their metabolic byproducts, such as manure from cows. It is a renewable energy source, unlike fossil fuels such as petroleum, coal and nuclear fuels. One definition of Biofuel is any fuel with an 80% minimum content by volume of materials derived from living organisms harvested within the 10 years preceding its manufacture.
Although these fuels aren't widely available yet, Aga sees that customers investing in an Aga today, want to think about the future and has designed this latest model to run on either oil or diesel initially.
Once biofules are readily available a small minor modification to the burner will be required to allow it run correctly. This will be necessary because until the fuels are mass-produced, it will be impossible to understand their exact make up.
A thought has just occurred to me. If you can run your diesel car on chip fat oil, can you do the same with your Aga? If anyone has been mad enough to try this, get in touch, we'd love to know how you got on.
For more information visit www.aga-rayburn.co.uk
Author: Elizabeth Hambelton. Posted on October 23, 2007
