An excellent paper - it confirms our suspicions that producer gas can be used at higher compression ratios - 17:1 which is typical of a diesel engine converted to spark ignition.
Ken On 28 June 2011 22:11, Erin Rasmussen <[email protected]> wrote: > Sridhar recently forwarded us information about his paper about Producer > Gas Engines. It is an interesting paper, and we've posted a link to it from > the gasification web site, but you can also get it directly from the > publisher with this link.**** > > ** ** > > G. Sridhar and Ravindra Babu Yarasu (2010). Facts about Producer Gas Engine > , Paths to Sustainable Energy, Jatin Nathwani and Artie Ng (Ed.), ISBN: > 978-953-307-401-6, InTech, Available from: > http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/facts-about-producer-gas-engine > **** > > **** > > To sum up, they connected an engine that has been designed to run on > producer gas, to a downdraft gasifier, and recording and analyzing the > results. There may be some surprises here, like the lack of knock at higher > compression ratios, and the information gathering is both sound, and > beautifully presented. **** > > ** ** > > Cheers,**** > > Erin Rasmussen**** > > TR Miles Techical Consultants Inc.**** > > and BioEnergy Discussion Lists**** > > [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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