[Gasification] Gasification Digest, Vol 11, Issue 76

[Bob Stuart]

On 12-Jun-07, at 8:49 AM, Peter Singfield wrote:

>
> At 01:29 PM 6/12/2007 +0200, you wrote:
>> Peter,
>>
>> Have you got any URL's for the household compressors?
>
> A while back we discussed a small house system for compressing  
> natural gas
> -- enough to fill one's car tank -- over night.
>
> Those Urls were posted -- but for the life of me -- I can't find  
> them now!!

Here's one:  http://www.eco-fueler.com/about/our_technology.html

>
> My present line of development should be of major interest to  
> gasifiers --
> that is fast charging battery packs using DC PM dynamos -- sop you  
> run your
> gasifier/engine set up at max capacity for -- saying -- but 2 hours  
> per day.

When I was looking at small tidal power systems, I was  delighted to  
see how easy it would be to store power for just six hours.  I think  
that it is worth looking at pumped storage even on a small scale.   
Supplementary windmills can pump water at high efficiency and low  
investment.  Even if a water tower has to be erected, I might prefer  
it to an equivalent bank of batteries.  Has anyone done the numbers  
on this?

Best,
Bob Stuart