Yes, I know Reinhold also. The problem seems to be in the practical application of the heat generator. The machine is for generating hot air is a "bad centrifugal fan" with so high internal losses that the air became hot. We are fan builders and reinhold's and so find design is very good.
Regards, Carlos Bonifetti ------------------------------------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "georgewrbaldwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 4:00 PM Subject: [microhydro] Re: Heat Generator > > > > Greetings All.... et Salut Mike de P, > > Very belatedly have seen last year's postings (Sept 2004) regarding > the use of direct mechanical energy for heating purposes. > > I looked into this some years ago and found somebody at ITDG in the UK > who had been to Nepal where Metzler's unit(s) were. He confirmed that > the locals found them impractical but NOT from the construction nor > the usefulness - they were deemed to be too costly to build and > impractical unless there was considerable surplus energy from an > existing turbine. > > I believe that there is a company in the US that manufactures ovens > using this principle but can't recall anymore than that the name > included the word "blue" and possibly "air"..... > > ATB > > GB > > >> Not so fast with the Heat Generator. >> Reinhold Metzler is a serious microhydro expert, (and a nice > guy.) >> >> He visited my shop here in Bolivia many years ago to see an early >> Watermotor prototype and made some valuable observations. I cannot > imagine >> that he would have promoted an appropriate technology device that > had not >> been tested to his satisfaction. >> > > > > > > > > > > > Does your company feature in the microhydro business directory at > http://microhydropower.net/directory ? If not, please register free of > charge and be exposed to the microhydro community world wide! > > NOTE: The advertisements in this email are added by Yahoogroups who > provides us with free email group services. The microhydro-group does not > endorse products or support the advertisements in any way. > > More information on micro hydropower at http://microhydropower.net > > To unsubscribe: send empty message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EA3HyD/3MnJAA/79vVAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Does your company feature in the microhydro business directory at http://microhydropower.net/directory ? If not, please register free of charge and be exposed to the microhydro community world wide! NOTE: The advertisements in this email are added by Yahoogroups who provides us with free email group services. The microhydro-group does not endorse products or support the advertisements in any way. More information on micro hydropower at http://microhydropower.net To unsubscribe: send empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microhydro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
