here's an engine exhaust and flare integration bear's been working on this week for the power pallet. http://www.gekgasifier.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1733#post1733
the main point of this is to make sure the gasses during lighting go upwards and the user can't get into the co. there is a 12vdc hot element lighter in the stack for auto lighting, and a sight hole to see mixture. the other goal of this integration is to create a single point to install a heat exchanger that will work for both exhaust and flare heat sources. the upper part of the stack will eventually be replaced with some sort of water tube heat exchanger. right now it is just exhaust stack. the direction we're going here is to be able to vary the heat independent of the electricity production. we want to be able to run the flare alone to heat, or in parallel with the engine, or just the engine and only mining excess heat. heat needs are seldom directly in proportion to electricity. being able to vary them independently sounds interesting. some tests of different DIY heat exchanger elements for heating and boiling water are here. http://www.gekgasifier.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1732#post1732 jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Mason Website: http://www.whatiamupto.com Current Projects: - Gasifier Experimenters Kit (the GEK): http://www.gekgasifier.com - Escape from Berkeley alt fuels vehicle race: www.escapefromberkeley.com - ALL Power Labs on Twitter: http://twitter.com/allpowerlabs - Shipyard Announce list: http://lists.spaceship.com/listinfo.cgi/icp-spaceship.com _______________________________________________ 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/
