[Gasification] ...a question about hybrids

[Harmon Seaver]

On 6/15/06, Mark Ludlow <mark at ludlow.com> wrote:
> Hope springs eternal.
>
> The standard "battery" is a capacitor. Refer to your high school physics
> text to discover what its storage and discharge characteristics are. These
> folk anticipate offering a lithium ion battery pack (read:$$), so it must
> not be a cure-all for storage. Watt x hour density is ok but not phenomenal;
> leakage is a big problem and cost is high.
>
> Is this really going to take "...a minimum of three seconds" off the 0-60
> time of my Turbo Carrera? All of that power transmitted through that 11mm
> wide HTD belt drive!
>
    Yup -- and I wonder how long those last, not to mention cost, eh?



> What is the technology? Is it energy storage? Generator/motor hybridism?

    I just figured it to be in the same realm as the "spark plugs" I
saw at the EAA show a few years ago -- they converted water into H and
O and then ignited same. "Run your car on water!"
     Some really interesting ideas at the EAA show -- a lot that
doesn't get off the ground tho.   8-)



>In
> times of doubt, fall back on first principles: Conservation of Energy, Mass
> and Momentum.
>
> Mark
>
> (The Carrera? I wish!)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gasification-bounces at listserv.repp.org
> [mailto:gasification-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Davis
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 4:24 PM
> To: gasification at listserv.repp.org
> Subject: Re: [Gasification] ...a question about hybrids
>
>
> Dear All,
>
> For producer gas it does have some arousing points:
>
> For a genset it may help with governor droop.
>
> For the auto and lorry the larger battery pak would help with cranking and
> fanning. Also assist up hills. Furthermore at a stop light it could be
> charging hence lower gasifier turndown ratio (maybe).
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> Tom wrote:
> >  Dear Phil, Jeff and Das:
> >
> > This retrofit of conventional engines to hybrid is a very ingenious
> > idea, depending on new technologies not available a decade ago.  How
> > practical remains to be seen.
> >
> > Thanks Jeff.
> >
> > TOM REED           BEF
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> >
> >
> > Jeff Davis wrote:
> >> Dear List,
> >>
> >> Here's a link to spice up your suction gas hybrid:
> >>
> >> http://www.sigmaautomotive.com/electrocharger/electrocharger.php
> >>
> >> Gottta go, later
> >>
> >> Jeff
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
> --
> Jeff Davis
>
> Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA
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Harmon Seaver