A while back, Robert Saunders sent us an article on a steam turbine he was working on. Then he sent another on solar energy steam electric. Well, here is his third chapter in this continuing quest. Hope you enjoy:
http://www.green-trust.org/wordpress/2008/12/07/solar-powered-steam-generators/
Posted on on February 25th, 2009 in
chp, electric, energy, engine, environment, heat, solar, steam, sun, watt |
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We drove to Massachusetts yesterday to visit Tom Leue from http://yellowbiodiesel.com/, and brought back one of his Recycled Vegetable Oil (RVO) burners. This is designed to replace a standard 4″ Beckett burner in a boiler or furnace, can be installed in a drum for a shop heater, used to heat water, or even create steam for a steam engine powered heat and electric application (Combined heat and power, or CHP). We talked a bit a few days ago about this burner in a previous blog article, which gives more info on the burner itself. This design is based on a Babington burner that injects air through a tiny jet in a ball, and pumps oil over the ball, forming a ignitable vapor when the oil covers the jet of air, similar to a whale’s blowhole. Discussions of the Babington principle are commonly held at http://group.wastewatts.org.
Posted on on February 24th, 2009 in
chp, emissions, energy, environment, fuel, furnace, heat, products, recycle, steam, vegetable oil, veggie, wvo |
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A friend of ours turned us on to a simple and easy to build steam engine. Called the Green Steam Engine, it’s simple and novel design appealed to our DIY approach. We can burn veggie oil in a turk burner to produce the steam, or even boil water on a wood stove. The engine can then turn one of our axial flux permanent magnet alternators to charge our battery bank. Clean, quiet, and sustainable.
Posted on on September 8th, 2006 in
engine, steam |
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