[Stoves] Green Steam Engine

[Kevin]

Dear Crispin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Crispin Pemberton-Pigott" <crispinpigott at gmail.com>
To: "Stoves" <stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Stoves] Green Steam Engine


> Kevin,
> Is that not what GEK does??
> Crispin
> From BB9900

The GEK is a true Wood Gasifier, that takes in wood chips, and converts them 
to "Engine Grade Gas". (Woodgas with very low tar content.) The woodgas is 
sent to a Spark Ignition engine as fuel, to generate shaft power. It does 
produce a small percentage of char (and ash), but the char is pasically a 
waste product. Char production is fundamentally undesirable in that it 
represents a waste of input energy.

The Green Steam Engine runs on steam, as its energy source, to produce shaft 
power. To get the steam, one needs a boiler, or a steam generating solar 
system. If a boiler is used, the fuel can be anything that releases heat on 
combustion... natural gas, fuel oil, biomass, etc. The fuel needs an 
appropriate "burner system." A "Full Combustion Stove System" can be used, 
to maximize the energy utilization of the fuel, or, where char production is 
wanted, a "Char Producing Stove System" can be used.

Any further questions, please let me know.

Best wishes,

Kevin

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> Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 18:35:42
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