[Gasification] No time for beer in Munich- there's a real live imbert gasifier here
Rolf Uhle
energiesnaturals at gmx.de
Sun Oct 31 12:34:29 CDT 2010
to a happy Jim:
Jim,
sure you know this book, but just in case you don't, look for:
Ing. Werner Kroll, "Der Gasgenerator". Gössen + Berlin, 1943
I have a copy and I saw it on Ebay. It is in german language but exhaustively
illustrated, thus very helpful even if you cannot read it.
Rolf
Am Sonntag, 31. Oktober 2010 18:05:26 schrieb jim mason:
> On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Arnt Karlsen <arnt at c2i.net> wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 20:01:30 -0700, jim wrote in message
> >
> > <AANLkTin=r4kWhoJRNmZ2PVPSEcDt9-yTd_teRGpFONG8 at mail.gmail.com>:
> > > i'm still in munich and still enjoying the deutsches museum.
> > >
> > > http://www.gekgasifier.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=1002&c=newimages
> > >
> > > also, there turned out to be another vehicle with an imbert gasifier
> >
> > ..what year are these 2 gasifiers, or rather,
> > when where they last serviced or modified?
>
> both i now realize have been rebuilt, or rather, cleaned up and rerun in
> more contemporary times. the specifics of this i have yet to figure out.
> with a little more work we likely can. the history of the exhibits in the
> dm is very well kept. another interesting thing that surfaced is that the
> dm has a very large archive where they collect and keep machinery manuals,
> brochures and general consumable literature on these type of devices. it
> is very likely there is some interesting things to discover there too.
>
> either way, as for these machines, they've had some attention and been run
> in more recent times. the fuel in the adler one is more recently cut
> dimensioned lumber, not the wwII fuel. i took some samples from the char
> at various levels if we want to explore it.
>
> the filters on the adler have been cleaned and repainted and never run
> after. the yellow thing in the picture with me is a baffle plate array
> from the horizontal ash tube on the side of the reactor. the baffle array
> was brand new. the tube and all plumbing was original. the water filter
> and packed bed in the front were cleaned out, but still original. the
> reactor itself is unrestored, like the rest of the adler. all the vessels
> show some rust and age, but are still well intact. they seem to be either
> 16 or 18awg mild steel. the hearth is cast, about 1/4 - 3/8" thick.
>
> the ford truck has had a full off frame restoration. they appear to have
> done the gasifier at the same time. then ran it again, as the bottom of
> the reactor has all the paint burned off, just like ours! the water filter
> was very messy inside. i didn't see in the rest as i didn't have
> permission for that one.
>
> the dm runs lots of their equipment. they do demos for visitors, and
> appear to take some out for special ocassions. it is far from a hands on
> museum, but they do run and move around the equipment it appears. there
> are pictures of various machines in parades and such. the dm is a major
> national project, and they enjoy showing some of the accomplishments.
> there are a good deal of steam engines set up to run on compressed air
> within the museum. several of the very large ones, like the watt engine,
> are run on compressed air. the whole room smells of machine oil. some of
> the ic engines simiarly have exhaust pipes ported to vents so they can be
> run.
>
> somehow in this, both of the gasifiers were run recently. not a ton, but a
> bit, and certainly more recently than wwII.
>
> j
>
> > > > > and a hammer. i saw little lost knowledge to rediscover. i saw
> > > > > lots of expedience, simplicity, and band aids.
> > > >
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