tuesday, february 19, 1980
daily nebraskan
page 9
Professor i Watch hazards of GasohoiprodMctioin
By Kevin Field. ,
Alcohol and its use as a fuel could pose several
problems to users, according to a UNL agricultural
engineering professor.
Many of the problems relate only to those producing
ethanol for use as a fuel, but there are some problems and
possible hazards users of Gasohol should be aware of,
Prof. Rollin Schnieder said.
Problems are minimal for people using Gasohol in cars,
he said, but the use of the alcohol-gasoline blended fuel in
tractors and mowers could be dangerous.
"For the five-acre homeowner with a small tractor,
gasohol could be a problem,' Schnieder said.
The fuel tank on small tractors is often centrally
located, and in a position where it can become
overheated, he said. That can create an excessive build-up
pressure and cause the fuel to splash out and ignite when
the tank cap is removed.
He said there have been instances of fuel splashing out
Handicapped . . .
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Lounge. ; , .
Mark Doak, Sweep Left manager, said the first floor
bar is completely accessible but a flight of stairs blocks
the second floor. '
"There have been handicapped people that have used
the second floor "Doak said. "They just need someone . ..
to carry them up the stairs."
Some bars like the Starship Enterprise solve the prob
lem of front stairs by allowing accessibility to wheel
chairs through side or back doors.
McGuffey's has such a side entrance but the person in
the wheelchair must wait while someone else goes in the
front and asks that the side door be opened .
Kreishauser said this requirement is "something kind of
degrading." ,.
The Underground Restaurant and Bar has a back door
and freight elevator that the handicapped may ride instead
of tackling the stairs in front, assistant manager Paula
Haas said , Restrooms also are accessible , she said .
Eleven bars checked had inaccessible restrooms by
state law standards. They wre not wide enough to allow
the entrance of a wheelchair and had no wide stalls with
support railings or low sinks and mirrors.
when gasoline was used in the tractors with central tanks,
and the problem could become worse if Gasohol is
substituted.
More explosive
Schnieder said this is because alcohol is more exlosive
than gasoline and will evaporate faster in an overheated
situation. The same problem is also possible with smaller
hand-pushed lawn mowers.
Proper fuel tank venting is necessary to avoid this
hazard , Schnieder said .
People using Gasohol in their cars could experience
some carburetion problems until they get their carburetor
adjusted for the different fuel. They could also experience
difficulty starting their cars in cold weather.
Schnieder says he has heard reports of easier starting
during cold weather, but said the reports are probably
incorrect.
The flash-point of ethanol is higher than that of
gasoline which means that it takes a higher temperature to
get the vapors necessary for ignition from alcohol than it
does from gasoline.
More beat needed
Thus when the two fuels are mixed, the temperature
needed for ignition is raised, he said.
Another potential but temporary problem is caused by
the solvent ability of ethanol.
The alcohol in Gasohol will act to clean up corrosion
and gum deposits that often build-up in gas tanks and tuel
systems.
The freed, deposits can then flow through the system
and possibly clog the fuel lines, Schnieder said.
He added that filters located in the right places can
solve the problem and after the tank is cleaned completely
the problem should disappear.
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Kreishauser said restrooms are places where people
spend a lot of time. Most of the time, she said, owners just
don't think about what is needed.
Barrymore's which has a fairly accessible entrance has
restrooms up one steep flight of stairs. Barrymore's
Manager Gary Mosier said he has several wheelchair
customers. ,
"So apparently it is accessible to them," he said.
Mosier said there was no way the bar could be expanded
to allow new first-floor bathrooms.
The Zoo Bar has a similar problem, allowing accessible
entrance but not bathrooms. Day Assistant Manager Ron
Kallhoff said the customers that do come in in wheel
chairs have never complained about the facilities. He said
he doubted anything would be done to improve the bath
rooms. V
. Other bars with inaccessible restrooms were
Brannigan's, Godfather's, Cliffs, the Brass Rail, Duffy's,
the Waterhole, Sandy's, O.G. Kelly's and Horsefeathers.
The state law also requires seating space be reserved for
wheelchair customers in some area of the establishment.
Seating in some bars, like the Waterhole and Horse
feathers, is not made for the wheelchair-bound. The split
level bars have booths with built-in benches, most so high
they require climbing on to. ,
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Official: Centers to help blood bank
The opening of two plasma-collecting businesses
in Lincoln has not reduced the number of donors at
the Community Blood Bank, the blood bank director
of public relations said,
- The two plasma centers, Lincoln Plasma Corp
oration at 2021 0 St, and University Plasma Center
at 1442 0 St., pay donors for plasma donations.
Plasma is the clear liquid component of the blood and
contains no red or white blood cells.. It is valuable be
cause of the proteins it contains, and is used in treat
ment of hemophilia, a genetic disorder that prevents
blood from clotting, and in other medical treatments,
Lincoln Plasma Corp. averages 400 donors a week
and University Plasma Center averages 600 donors a
week, the managers said, , ;
Gloria Devoe of the Community Blood Bank which
collects whole blood for the Lincoln hospitals said the
plasma businesses have not decreased the number of
volunteer blood donors.
"Here (at the blood bank) people are more interest
ed in saving lives than making money," Devoe said.
The plasma businesses and the blood bank appeal
to different age people, she said. There are more col
lege students at the plasma businesses because students
need the money more. The blood bank has older
donors, some of which are in their seventies.
"It has hurt us some when the mobile unit goes to
the campus," Devoe said. But she thinks the plasma
businesses will be beneficial to the blood bank in the
long run because college graduates in Lincoln will be
accustomed to donating and will give blood more often.
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