LP engine performance on rice straw producer gas

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:7035906

Brownfield, J J; Jenkins, B M; Goss, J R

An LP gas engine was converted using commercially available parts to operate on gas from fluidized bed gasifier fueled by rice straw. The engine was derated up to 57.5% from the lower energy value of induction charge, variations in gas quality, lower mechanical and thermal efficiencies.

• Research Organization: FMC Corp., San Jose, CA
• OSTI ID: 7035906
• Report Number(s): CONF-8606206-
• Resource Relation: Conference: Summer meeting of the Society for Engineering in Agriculture: meeting the engineering challenges of agriculture worldwide, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA, 29 Jun 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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RICE
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION
STRAW
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EFFICIENCY
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FUELS
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GRASS
HEAT ENGINES
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LIQUIDS
LOW BTU GAS
NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS
OXIDATION
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PLANTS
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
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