Greg, I have an old complete Rabbit Diesel engine (early version).Do you think this would make a suitable candidate for conversion to "Wood GAS" for driving a 15kw alternator? If so what solid state ignition system should I substitute for the injector pump?
GF -----Original Message----- From: Greg Manning <[email protected]> To: Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Aug 11, 2011 7:49 pm Subject: Re: [Gasification] Which engine design might be BEST for woodgas? Greetings Pete, and list. Large piston, long stroke (slow RPM), many cylinder (8+), high ompression engines, are the best Candidates A 16 cylinder 1000 CID 15 to 1 Compression, 5" + stroke would be ideal. aterpillar makes a Really Nice 3412. remove the injectors, double the eadgaskets, re-lash the valves for the higher head height, install I unit in place of the injector pump... would be fantastic !!!! nyone got a cool 40 grand kicking around for the engine ?? reg Manning On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Pete & Sheri <[email protected]> wrote: Since folks are currently commenting on their favorite exotic engine, maybe it would be worthwhile to examine the whole field of “funny” engines that have appeared and disappeared over the years as candidates for the unique properties of producer gas/woodgas, etc. Of course, I have my own favorite funny engine, invented by the brother of a co worker, but I will not burden you all with that one for now. There may even be some value in imagining a ground-up engine design that would be IDEAL for our fuel. Pete Stanaitis ------------------ _______________________________________________ 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/ -- Regards, Greg Manning, randon, Manitoba, Canada _______________________________________________ asification 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 ttp://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: ttp://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/
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