Fw: <VV> Little Corvair- Compressors again
FrankCB at aol.com
FrankCB at aol.com
Fri Jun 15 16:28:51 EDT 2007
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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