[Gasification] Coal gas & steam engine = Leno

[Peter Singfield]

At 10:22 AM 4/2/2007 -0700, Mark Ludlow wrote:
>...and what about all of the "nose oil" most of us excrete?
>

It would cost $3000 to ship that container load from Florida to Belize.

And say -- another $300 to get it to my place here.

So -- $3300.

So transport costs alone would amount to -- roughly -- 

3300/2906 = $1.14 gallon -- ready to fuel the diesel.

2904 gallons per day -- would sure make a lot of electricity -- 

What would the BTU value be??

Figure a high efficiency diesel engine at 40% net out --

Well -- looking at a fast figure -- say 80,000 BTU per US gallon.

Say 32,000 BTU "net" as electric power.

Or -- 9372 watts -- say 9 kwh energy per US gallon of US surplus body fats

2904/24 = 121 gal per hour

1089 kwh

Call it a one meg power plant -- 

That would be enough to do all the villages in a great area around here!!

Price of electric power here is 22 cents US per kwh.

$220 US per hour -- gross income.

Cost of "fuel" -- 121 * 1.14 = $138 per hour.

Leaving $82 per hour for "costs"

Hmm -- certainly would be well worth that effort!!

Shipping costs could be reduced dramatically by using a small "tanker" -- 

That tanker could pick up on a bi-monthly basis from a few more cities
along the Eastern Seaboard.

Belize has a peak power use of but 65 megs!!

Bet you we could supply all the power we need in this way!!

Peter / Belize


>-----Original Message-----
>From: gasification-bounces at listserv.repp.org
>[mailto:gasification-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Oscar
>Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 10:49 AM
>To: 'Peter Singfield'; gasification at listserv.repp.org
>Subject: Re: [Gasification] Coal gas & steam engine = Leno
>
>Hello Peter and list members.
>
>Peter, I would like to precise your statement when you say...." container
>load of human fat -- from liposuction -- exported to Norway -- every month
>-- from human fat extraction in but Miami alone --that is then converted to
>biodiesel --...." ...is it only an idea or a suggestion coming from you...or
>something a little bit real...??????????...Perhaps the way you wrote such a
>phrase was not wholly clear to me....
>
>Thanking you in advance.
>
>Kindest regards.
>
>Oscar.
>
>
>
>-----Mensaje original-----
>De: gasification-bounces at listserv.repp.org
>[mailto:gasification-bounces at listserv.repp.org] En nombre de Peter Singfield
>Enviado el: viernes, 30 de marzo de 2007 20:25
>Para: gasification at listserv.repp.org
>Asunto: Re: [Gasification] Coal gas & steam engine = Leno
>
>
>Great article!!
>
>But man -- what is he going to fire the boiler with -- and what kind of
>boiler.
>
>Pig fat as lubricant - -well -- why not -- it sure is high temperature
>stable!
>
>And hey -- is not pig fat like human fat??
>
>How about that container load of human fat -- from liposuction -- exported
>to Norway -- every month -- from human fat extraction in but Miami alone --
>that is then converted to biodiesel --
>
>Lots of cheap lube there to -- eh??
>
>Peter / Belize
>
>At 08:45 PM 3/29/2007 -0400, Jeff Davis wrote:
>>Dear List,
>>
>>Peter, notice what they used for engine oil.
>>
>>Doug, yes you caught me reading again.
>>
>>It should be a sin to convert a producer gas engine to natural gas.
>>
>>Short interesting article:
>>http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/jay_leno_garage/4213088.html
>>
>>
>>-- 
>>Jeff Davis
>>
>>Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA
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