PowerTainer .....

Well....

The All Powers Labs " PowerTainer " worked and it worked well in front of not only Cummin Diesel crew but the U of Minnesota Morris and fellow Minnesota state officals.

Completely rad....

So we pulled off the cover to inspect the reaction happening

These are corn cobs at 800 deg C

Right above that black part is where the flamable gas is being pulled from to power the Cummins engine.

HOT!

Jim Mason of All Power Labs doing what he does best

Making fire....

This glowing 1800deg ceramic and stainless stack is called the flare.

Its design is to pull vaccum on the reaction during start up of the reactor.

The reason you can't start the engine off of the gas right away is, its super oily and tar filled and will gum up the motor, so for the first few minutes we use the flare to pull vaccum on the reaction and get the corn cobs glowing to 800deg c then when the gas is pure we switch to the Cummins engine to use the gas.

I have a soft spot for driving the big rigs....

"Grind them til you find them....."

My bad picture of the overall group from everywhere around the midwest, just coming to see this beast run for the first time. Cummins diesel big wigs showed up, U of M students, teachers and officals and USA Dept of Energy people, really cool to see where and why people came.

Any hard work in Minnesota deserves a hat off and a Grain Belt beer....

The end until next time...