[Gasification] blower suggestions?

[Mark & Elena Gallmeier]

Dear Paul,

> Does the Gingery book deal with very small blowers (such as for small
> cookstoves) or only for "workshop size" blowers?  Would the info in the
> book be
> appropriate for making small blowers in Developing Countries?

I think the best one-time investment would be Mechanical Engineer Steve 
Chastain's book, "Iron Melting Cupola Furnaces"  ISBN: 0970220308.   I have 
a copy.  Steve included a chapter that covers practical design and 
construction of centrifugal fans.  This includes equations and tables for 
calculating air flows, sizing the fan and motor and then building it using 
simple hand tools and methods of construction.

It's available from Lindsay Publications or direct from the author here: 
http://stephenchastain.com/store.htm  Plus you get a complete book on 
building and operating small iron melting cupolas, no extra charge.  And 
which are fuelable WITH charcoal.  :-)  That's a lot of development bang for 
the buck at $19.95.

Steve's latest book might also be slightly useful to some people here: 
"Generators and Inverters".
http://stephenchastain.com/tableofcontentsgenerators.pdf

Steve uses an old Ford Pinto engine as the project focal point for building 
a DIY CHP system.

Best Wishes,

Mark



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> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:03:24 -0500
> From: "Paul S. Anderson" <psanders at ilstu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Gasification] blower suggestions?
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> David,
>
> Does the Gingery book deal with very small blowers (such as for small
> cookstoves) or only for "workshop size" blowers?  Would the info in the
> book be
> appropriate for making small blowers in Developing Countries?
>
> Paul
> -- 
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> Quoting "David G. LeVine" <dlevine at speakeasy.net>:
>
>> Lindsay Publications has a book by David J "Uncle Dave" Gingery
>> called "how to design and build CENTRIFUGAL FANS for the home
>> workshop" (ISBN 1-917914-60-0) which has ALL the equations in it.
>>
>>
>> David G. LeVine
>> Nashua, NH  03060
>>
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