[Gasification] tests to design a new cheap gasifier fan

[Arnt Karlsen]

On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:13:12 -0800 (PST), Les wrote in message 
<573209.67848.qm at web55103.mail.re4.yahoo.com>:

> To: Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification 
> <gasification at lists.bioenergylists.org
> 
> Has anyone tryed using the rotor out of a turbocharger to make a fan
> for a gasifier. I have taken the compressor end apart and made an
> adapter to mount on a C face motors, usually 3600 rpm, for a high
> volume vac system to move solids. Les Freeman

..you would need to gear up that turbocharger fan so it can 
do turbocharger speeds, they easily exceed e.g. 136000rpm,
for common automotive sizes.

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...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
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