On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:57:16 +0100, Ken wrote in message <[email protected]>:
> Olli, > > Thanks for sharing a great clip. > > It looks like "Shell" had a monpoly in Finland at that time! > > Would it just be the woodgas that is run through the compressor (I > thinks its a Rootes blower supercharger shown rather than a turbo) or > the woodgas and air mix? ..must be the air and gas mix, to match gasoline power, these Finns supercharge that truck by at least 1/3 of ambient air pressure to about 4/3 of ambient air pressure. ..Olli, the sigar smoking professor is professor Kyrklund? > My limited experiments of running a spark ignition converted diesel > engine on woodgas suggest that the output power of the engine > improves at higher compression ratios. It the single cylinder Lister > engine we converted ar Allpower Labs, we used a compression ratio of > about 13.5:1 and intend to do tests at higher ratios right up to the > 17:1 supported by the standard Lister CS engine. ..try a turbocharger on it: http://www.utterpower.com/Andree.htm > Compressing the gas/air mixture in the cylinder of a diesel engine to > a higher compression ratio is similar in principle to using an > external compressor. > > Hopefully we will have a stationary engine which can be started on > diesel or biofuel, and then switch over to woodgas and spark ignition. > > > Ken > > On 25 September 2010 11:15, Olli Tuovinen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > http://www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/?s=s&g=1&ag=121&t=321&a=2291 > > > > This clip is from 1938, when also in Finland it appeared that gas > > would not be easily available in the future.Wood, however we did > > have and still have a lot. > > This test demonstrates that the truck motor could give the same > > motor power with wood gas as with gas, if the wood gas is comressed > > with mechanical turbochager. It is interesting to see, how simple > > intruments were used for defining power, pressure difference etc, > > mostly based on natures of law insted of comlicated electrical > > systems as it is today. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Olli Tuovinen > > > _______________________________________________ > Gasification mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserv.repp.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_listserv.repp.org > http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org > http://info.bioenergylists.org > > UNSUBSCRIBE HERE; > http://listserv.repp.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_listserv.repp.org > -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Gasification mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.repp.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_listserv.repp.org http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org http://info.bioenergylists.org UNSUBSCRIBE HERE; http://listserv.repp.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_listserv.repp.org
