Rob,
Very interesting.
Cost for unit and output?
Some technical people who understand stoves should please comment on
this as functional or not. Cost is a secondary issue when electrical
power is small quantities are possible!!!
Paul
Paul S. Anderson, PhD aka "Dr TLUD"
Email: [email protected] Skype: paultlud Phone: +1-309-452-7072
Website: www.drtlud.com
On 5/14/2013 1:54 PM, Robert Lerner wrote:
Here is a link to a very cool innovative steam engine design:
http://www.greensteamengine.com/. One big advantage of this design is
that it scales down very nicely, suitable for small-scale TLUD burners.
I saw it in operation several years ago. At the time he was looking
for licensees.
Rob Lerner
Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 10:54:57 -0700
From: "Frank Shields" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
To: "'Discussion of biomass cooking stoves'"
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Subject: [Stoves] Using all the energy when char making
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Stovers,
Seems there is often a lot of wasted energy that could be used when making
char that is just flared off.
I'm thinking the reason is that to convert to electricity one needs 1) a
very clean syngas 2) an expensive motor and 3) costly up-keep. The
generator
is a onetime purchase with low maintenance.
So why not use a steam engine to convert the flame to electricity? Perhaps
not as efficient but all you are doing is heating water so the gas
need not
be as clean as when drawn into an internal combustion engine.
Thanks
Frank Shields
BioChar Division
Control Laboratories, Inc.
42 Hangar Way
Watsonville, CE 95076
(831) 724-5422 tel
(81) 724-3188 fax
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www.controllabs.com <http://www.controllabs.com/>
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