[Gasification] Rebuilding engines (was Re: Charcoal Gasifier No 2.)

[Ken Boak]

Harmon,

Not strictly true.

Most people have water heaters in their home that produces water at about 85 
C maximum.  Boiler is a
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> Kevin Chisholm wrote:
>> Dear Tom
>>
>> Thomas Reed wrote:
>>> Rolf:
>>>
>>> I'm sure steam and liquid fuels will duke it out in the years to come...
>>
>> Most Jurisdictions have very stringent laws relating to operating Steam
>> Power Plants. The Operator must be a Stationary Engineer. This puts a
>> real and significant extra cost into Steam Systems.
>
>     That's true of large commercial steam installations, it's not true
> of home-scale systems. Many people have steam boilers in their homes.
> All farmers who grow tobacco have fairly large steam units to sterilize
> their seedbeds. And there are many steam enthusiasts about in farm
> country who restore old steam tractors, engines, etc and have festivals
> where they gather and run them.
>     You don't need a license of any sort anywhere around here to build
> or run steam equipment.
>
>
> -- 
> Harmon Seaver
>
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