Hi All, Happy New Year
There was a NYE turbo woodstove (NT6) a few years ago - but tar gas byproducts in an automotive turbo was a very tough call. Biggest problem is maintaining adequate cooling and lubrication of turbo bearings. http://www.gas-turbines.com/ >From my experience, you will struggle to get better that 5% wood- in to electricity output for any amateur built steam plant. The best I saw was the White Cliffs Solar Steam Plant - that used a converter HR3 Lister Diesel as a uniflow engine with a bash valve cylinder - and achieved about 22% efficiency. http://www.rossen.ch/solar/wcengine.html IMHO - this is good enough reason to dismiss steam - as not so much a viable DIY electric power generation plant - but more of an effective deforestation aid. You will burn through 4 x the tonnage of wood than you need for a gasifier. Stay Warm Ken On 3 January 2017 at 08:32, Doug <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Pete, > > We are only as professional as our need to breath the same air. Because we > all are at different levels of knowledge, none of us can know how to > answer, or ask questions, due to the differing perspective of how our > interests have "drawn us in". We all share that gasification has such > promise for energy applications, so asking questions or providing answers > is the reason this list was created. > > Yes, there have been other groups form to discuss gasification, There are > no short cuts to reliable gasifier performance, but information without > scrutiny can only speak for itself. This Forum and it's extensive > collection of related information, was the first to recognize the need for > such discussions and become available to us all. There never has been any > restriction on who participates, and some very good people have shared > with us particularly in the earlier years. > > It's a mute point drawing the low price of gasoline into our discussions > relating to an alternative for fossil fuels! It's not about the price, but > availability which can change over night, and for me, that means being able > to be self supporting in time of need. NZ has had a reported 32,000 quakes > this last year, plus major storms that destroyed electrical distribution > facilities. Are any of us really prepared for the inconvenience when, not > if, it comes? > > Doug Williams. > > > > On 03/01/17 12:21, Pete & Sheri wrote: > > Hello Doug. > > > > I view this list to be for the professional for the most part, so I > hesitate to join in unless I have a question that I can clearly describe. > > But I think at least part of the reason for the lack of traffic is that > there are now several other websites that cater to hobbyist and advanced > tinkerer wood-to-electricity crowd: > > -Yahoo woodgas group, > > -Yahoo charcoal gasifier group > > -Wayne Keith’s driveonwood.com website > > -allpowerlabs.com > > And I am sure there are many others. > > > > In addition (although I have been flamed for even mentioning it), gasoline > for USD$2.00 per gallon does take the edge off for many people. > > > > 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/ > >
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