Thanks Doug Interesting camshaft work. I'm thinking the camshaft from a propane engine might be close. My generator needs 100 hp @1800 rpm. It is a Hobart pipeliner with two 400 amp sides @ thirty five volts dc. The ac capacity on the hobart is just 1500 watts so I need ac auxiliary generators inc. single and three phase for shop power. A three phase, three hp and a single phase five hp motors should do the trick. I think I can generate enough 12 volt dc current during the day with storage batteries to supply household power at night. Sincerely Henri
Sent from my iPhone On Feb 26, 2011, at 1:03 PM, "doug.williams" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Henri and Colleagues, > > Henri, you advise us of the engine details, but what is to be your > application? > > My installation plans to turbo charge a 350 chev engine c/w positive > displacement pump for the gasifier > > It would appear from making such an effort, that you do seek performance, and > I can offer a few comments that might be of interest for further development > if you have the capability. > > In April 2004, my associates of that time in Winnipeg were rebuilding Chev > 502 "Crate Engines" to maximize their design for producer gas. One of the > team specialized in tuning these engines for racing purposes, and he was set > up with all new Dyno equipment for the project. Apart from all the polishing > of ports, new pistons, etc, the emphasis was on the cam shafts, and these > were re-made and tested intensively making them the most expensive cam shafts > in N.America, according to the guy who was paying the bills! > > There were six of these engines built, and before anyone asks, I have no idea > where they went to, due to the security breach and loss of integrity to the > whole project. I did however see them working up on the dyno, and all I can > say is that I have never seen so much grunt come out of an engine on producer > gas before at 3,200 RPM. As interesting as this may be, all the other issues > of exhaust emissions,etc, were not addressed, but only one factor made it > possible to really allow this type of test. > > Engines can perform outstandingly on producer gas, if purpose built. The > engine performance though, can only be attained if the gas making process can > meet the engine demand for gas without changing it's basic standard gas > analysis. In the Winnipeg project, the Mk2 Mega Class gasifier was able to > make enough gas to supply nine of these engines flat out, so testing one at a > time placed no stress on the gas supply. > > From a practical perspective which applies to most of us working with > producer gas, we are surrounded with perfectly good engines that run well for > most applications on producer gas. We as individuals with specialist > capability, can modify and rebuild any of these engines that push normal > performance boundaries, just the same as for liquid fuels. For the rest of us > without that talent, we can only speculate as to the potentials of doing > burn-outs down Main Street on Friday nights (:-) > > Now back to the wood pile (for heating). > > Doug Williams, > Fluidyne Gasification. > > _______________________________________________ > 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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