[Gasification] SFC for De-rated EnginesWas:smallscalegasifiers for those that need them

[Peter Singfield]

At 06:04 PM 7/1/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>Harmon,
>
>I may be confused, but it was my impression that crankcases are normally
>vented, except in the case of two-cycle engines which use the downward
>stroke of the piston to force a fresh charge into the combustion chamber.
>
>Mark
>

Not to start a major argument -- but single cylinder old style Listers and
single cylinder chinese diesels have no "back" pressure in the crank case!!

Inertia due to rapid reversal of direction of piston travel "sets" the rings.


Peter/Belize