Dear A D Karve I need 100 hp @ 1800 rpm how much biomass would a sterling burn up per hr? Henri
Sent from my iPhone On Feb 20, 2011, at 8:13 PM, Anand Karve <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > professors from a local engineering college in our city (Pune, India) > expressed the view in the course of a discussion, that a Sterling engine was > the most efficient engine among all the engines currently available. One can > burn any available waste biomass to run it. In a steam engine, and even in > the steam turbine one loses a lot of energy in converting water into steam. > In the case of a system using biogas, methane represents only 10 to 25% of > the energy originally contained in the feedstock. In an internal combustion > engine, which uses natural gas, LPG, kerosene, diesel or petrol, the energy > spent in refining and transporting the fuels is never taken into > consideration while calculating the efficiency. > Yours > A.D.Karve > On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 11:32 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have several engines to chose from here for my next wood gas project. > Going to go ahead with it and just hope the stink has settled form my > insurance company ripping hair out of their heads. ( hope they are not on > here.. bugger ) > Besides this is not a heating device so should not count. > What out of the junk yard specials would be considered ideal for wood gas > give I Only need this time to come up with 20 hp at 1,800 rpm? > I have everything in the shop for a Mike clone. > Spending a few bucks for the right engine is going to be real cheep just now. > I am not keen on stuck valves through pistons. ( it that ever happens... > never mind ) > > Regards all, > Charles > > _______________________________________________ > Gasification mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: > http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/ > > > > -- > *** > Dr. A.D. Karve > President, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI) > > *Please change my email address in your records to: [email protected] * > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gasification mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: > http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/
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