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From: "John Guttridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Tripple Purpose Genset
G'day Luc,
where do you find one of these units and what do they cost?
At times they can be had where ever they sell and/or restore and/or service
refrigerated trailors. You want the diesel powered one. Cost will vary on
the used market. New would be in a couple to a few thousand I suspect. They
are electronically controlled with a type of "think pad" with all the
necessary gauges to let you know if something is amiss.
I haven't tried out this idea yet although it seems from everything that I
have been abel to gather that there is no good reason why it wouldn't work
as expected. It is for all intents and purposes a diesel engine like any
diesel engine, with battery, fuel pump and filters, electric start and
thermometer swith controled. You set the temp you want on the control panel
and then when the temp gets there the thermometer tells the unit to stop
producing heat/cold. The position of the thermometer's "reader" is
important. In a trailer it is behind the back wall where the returning air
will hit it and record the inside air temp which it will then aloow the unit
to continue cooling/heating or tell it to "standby" until the temp drops/
goes up enough to have it automatically switch on again.They can be set to
"continuous" run or "recycle". The later will turn the thing on and off as
the need is. The former will run the motor continuously although it will
still only heat/cool when the thermometer tells it to. On continuous run it
could also be charging a battery bank while waiting for the thermometer to
kick in.The power produced would not be for use by the unit itself as it is
stand-alone and self sufficient; the power would be for other stuff, like
lights or a processor or .... other stuff.
Like I said though, it is still only a work in the ideas stage at this time.
Oh yeah, on full run all day it will consume about 25 liters fuel. A reafer
needs to be fueled every second day when on the road, so does that make it
viable ? I've not done any calculations yet.
Luc
John
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