[Stoves] Traditonal Charcola Making Process / retort

[Jeff Davis]

Dear Kevin,


I was wondering if, in your calculation, you made allowance for the
charcoal or was that in regards to a ash producing gasifier?


Best regards,


Jeff



Kevin wrote:
> I would say that you would need a 1,500 RPM engine of about 750 CC
> displacement, Spark Ignition, to produce 4.0 kW of Shaft Power,
> delivering about 3.5 kW of electrical power. (I assume you need 50 Hz
> power.)
>
> You would probably need about 4.78 kG/Hr of wood at 15% MC, yielding
> about 10.5 M^3/hr gas.
>
> Such an engine run at 1800 RPM could produce up to about 4.2 kW
> electric, but would require about 5.74kG/hr of wood.





-- 
Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA