Bob, under certain conditions the IntensiFire will pulse. I haven't explored this in depth but suspect it is caused by it trying to draw in enough air as it is associated with high amounts of combustibles.
And a happy new year to all from me. Jason Stewart On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Bob Stuart <[email protected]> wrote: > Happy New Year, everyone. > I have a fascinating new puzzle that began with contemplation of the > Humpfrey pump, and general frustration over the lack of free-piston heat > pumps on any fuel. Given the abilities of tuned pipes, it might be > possible to dispense with even liquid as a piston. > The basic notion is just this: Rather than extract combustible gasses for > use in an IC engine, put solid fuel into the combustion chamber, but time > the injection of high-pressure air to burn it, creating power pulses. > There are hundreds of ways to achieve this, and a re-fueling mechanism to > invent, but I see a lot of potential for overall simplification. Maybe a > single log can be slowly fed in as the cylinder head surface. Even a > common airtight stove might get modified to make useful pulses. > Thoughts? > > Bob Stuart > _______________________________________________ > 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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