Fw: <VV> Little Corvair- Compressors again

[FrankCB at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/15/2007 3:39:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
jb30343 at navix.net writes:

Yesterday, I saw the coolest air compressor ever!  The owner said  that the 
tank came from some railroad application.  It was about 8 feet  in diameter and 
20 feet long.  It was fed by a little homemade single  cylinder compressor 
driven by a windmill.  Compressor feeds the tank 24  hours a day as long as 
there's wind.  The guy was a little vague about  how long it takes to fill the 
tank.   
--J.B.



J.B.,
    That certainly is a MASSIVE air tank.   However, air storage has 2 
components - volume and pressure.  If the  compressor driven by the windmill can 
only provide 20 psig pressure (for  example) that means you're limited on what 
you can do even with that massive  volume of air.  If the guy has that much wind 
he might be better off  investing in a wind-driven electric generator to help 
cut his electric bill  or even to allow him to operate his electrical system 
off the electric  power network.   Some places even allow you to spin your 
electric  meter BACKWARDS if you're providing more electric power than you're 
using at the  moment.
    But I digress.....
    Frank "digressor"  Burkhard 



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