Magnetrons and Vortex Vacuum Generators

It is very interesting the similarities between captive vortices and magnetron swirling electron clouds! The type of vortex generator I’m referring to has proven to be extremely elusive in terms of internet searches. I have one that is rather large by the usual standards that I have seen these as. It is about 40 cm […]

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Thoughts on Exhaust Vacuum Augmentation

[q]I have been aware of some combined cycle powerplants for quite a while, and I have not yet heard of anyone attempting to treat the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine like as if it were a steam engine which have a dramatic power increase when the exhaust is ejected into a good vacuum […]

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Combined Cycle Engines

In one of my old engineering books, there is described a way to augment the power of an internal combustion powerplant with a waste heat steam generator that absorbs heat from the water jacket and the exhaust. I have come to find that this principle is rather old, and works well IF implemented properly. I […]

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Wood Chips as a Power Source

[q]Over the last few months I have been working on a burner for the clean burning of woodchips – so that they may be used as a heat source for a small Stirling engine generator rated at about 500W. My first burner was built using a 2lb coffee tin, fitted with an air nozzle powered […]

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Waste Oil Conversion

[q]I’ve been playing with waste oil burners etc and the thought suddenly struck me that there is a lot of energy locked up in the old crankcase oil I use. Has anyone done any experiments with producing a pure fuel from the dirty stuff? Excuse my lack of the correct terminology but could it be […]

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Waste Oil Drip Heater

Folks seem to be very interested in Bab type burners. Today, I played around with drip-type WVO stuff, the opposite, and much simpler. Basically, I have an old tugboat oil filter (big) and that was used for a tank (filter removed). A cat-food tin (same size as tuna-fish) filled with perlite was the bruner. Used […]

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Mixing Waste Motor Oil and #2HHO

[q]Anyone with experience in this? Mixing the two aren’t a problem with the pumps I have. Is 50/50 a good way to go?…I’d prefer the highest %age of WMO since it’s free to me. My thoughts are that the preheating of the oil scenario would change. Is it possible? Or even be eliminated? My goal […]

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WVO Collection Drum Lid Help

I was blessed enough yesterday to secure a supply of WVO from a local restaurant. The general manager and I had a little discussion and he was very supportive and interested in the idea to use it for home heating use. He hadn’t heard of that application before. During our discussion he mentioned something that, […]

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WVO or Bio Instead of HHO

[q]I’ve spent many hours reading through all of the information contained on this site and find it great. Here is my situation and questions: We have a VW Tdi and maybe a Mercedes 300D that we think may make Bio for or run them on WVO. We have made Bio but are still trying to […]

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Does B100 Replace HHO?

[q]I’ve read about WVO requiring mods to feed and burn properly but what about B100 ? Can it not just replace HHO liter for liter? Second question: seems the Becket burner is the most popular for this type of application. Am I wrong?[/q] [a] Yes, B100 can replace HHO. But, there are “mixed reviews” on […]

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