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....
The end until next time...
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...
Congrats to the Powertainer!
ReplyDeleteDo you run it on pure woodgas? Soo converted the cummins to woodgas with sparkplugs. Or do you run it with diesel as igniter!?
Thx G
reat Work hope it all goes well!
The set up right now is running off of 80% corn cob SynGas generated by the reaction and the other 20% is Diesel. These numbers bounce around a bit right now until all the details are worked out with Cummins on the controls. The low amount of diesel helps out with keeping the engine lubed and running smooth. We will be testing it a ton over the summer, the numbers look really good so far and were logging in hours already.
DeleteThanks, The whole APL team is stoked and should be proud of their work.
And if my eyes don't decieve me that's the Old No. 1. Fine place to drink a Brain Melt.
DeleteYou win the prize....
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