I picked up some refractory cement at Home Depot; other hardware stores may carry it. It costs about $15/gal. rated 2000 deg.F (~900 deg.C). Claims to seal...
Greetings, While building my woodchip burner, I needed some kind of "locally available" refractory insulation. I came across a simple recipe on the net that so...
Hi- My name is Joellen Easton, and I work for the public radio show Marketplace <http://www.marketplace.org/> . We've been covering environmental and energy...
Thanks for your suggestions. I'm on l75 hilly acres and don't have neighbors closer than 1/4th mile. Have heated only with wood for 49 years, the last l2...
Wes, My in-house engineer hasn't quite made it into the house yet tonight, but when he arrives I'll query him about waxed cardboard, over dinner. He'll...
On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:21:31 -0500, Beth E. Baker ... WVO soaked cardboard comes to mind, as a decoy. A casual observer probably couldn't tell the difference....
Wes, You're one after my own heart! Am a great believer in not telling beaucrat types more than they absolutely _have_ to know. What they don't know won't hurt...
"John Fritz" <johnfritz77@...> ... Not if it can handle the 11% expansion. However, glass bottles tend to break with the 9% expansion of water into ice....
"John Fritz" <johnfritz77@...> ... Hi John; Phase Change Material. It is a commonly used acronym. -Laren Corie- Natural Solar Building Designs, Since...
Phase Change Material. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_Change_Material Terry John Fritz <johnfritz77@...> wrote: What does the acronym "PCM" stand for...
Lauren, is there any reason a glass bottle could not be used to hold the paraffin once it is determined how much expansion a particular bottle can handle? John...
Hi, I suspect the EPA would frown on reusing waxed cardboard boxes from grocery stores and restaurants because most of them had uncooked meat packaged in them ...
What does the acronym "PCM" stand for in relation to heat storage? John Fritz, NW Arkansas. Message: 4 Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:58:05 -0500 From: "LarenCorie"...
Water has a higher conductivity than petro oil and I think that would ge true of veg oil too. Spacific Heat is the term. Water will accept heat and give up its...
Dick, I don't get it...there are multiple companies making fire logs for the home out of these waxed boxes. If you can buy fire logs made of waxed cardboard, ...
I pick up food waste from some supermarkets. Waxed boxes, that produce is shipped in, are listed as solid waste by the State and usually go to landfills....
RE: Essential Role of Biomass . . . See the article below . . . In the article, mention is made of ' switchgrass, poplar, and jatropha' - but easily added...
RE: Aqueous Phase Reforming (APR) - production of hydrogen based fuel gas from glycerin or other compounds. Assuming this technology 'pans out' - it could be...
This was posted over on one of the Biodiesel groups - but seems to have some applicability here . . . Cordially - Joe Greene Glycerin to H2 / Fuel Gas -- "It's...
To those talking about firetubes... You can turn a gasifier down from max, BUT, if you build to small, it will simply form clinker, all the time. Error on the...
Well, then. I was expecting this reply, so I dug up the sizing sheet from... http://www.gengas.nu/byggbes/52.shtml This list is supposed to be SAE net brake Hp...
Its a ford 300 so it dosent turn that fast on gas no more than 3600rpm and that dosent really help me figure a size for the tube. ... under the ... higher rpm ...
Dear Mark, Sure, your coast-to-coast self-serve lawnmower _is_ a very silly idea. And it's also a highly nifty idea! We can only hope to see more and more of...
A freind of mine is on the Mini-Baja team at his local community college. I was telling him about using cellulose as fuel for an internal combustion engine...
That's a cool idea. What if your lawnmower used the trimmings from last week's mowing, so that the fuel would have time to dry out? They now have 3-in-1...
1: They say 50 HP per 100 cid is the maximum you should expect under the absolute best conditions. 2: Remember, the Hp figures from the factory will be at a...
