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Appendix 1 - Calculation of the power output of a producer gas engine

The gasifier will be designed for an engine of the following specifications:

Bore:

84.14 mm

Stroke:

80 mm

Displacement (D):

3.56 l

Max. air/gas intake: m³/s

Air/gas ratio (stoichiometric): 1.1: 1.0

Max. gas intake: m³/s

The real gas intake is 0.0212 x f, in which

f = volumetric efficiency (%) of the engine and -is dependent on:

- rpm of the engine
- design of the air inlet manifold of the engine
- fouling of the air inlet manifold of the engine

At 1500 rpm, for a well designed and clean air inlet manifold f can be taken at 0.8 -
Therefore the real gas intake is: 0.0212 x 0.8 =30.017 m³/s
The heat value of the gas is taken at: 4800 kJ/m³
Therefore the thermal power in the gas is:

Pg = 0.017 x 4800 = 8-1.6 kJ/s = 81.6 kW

The engine efficiency depends partly on the engine's compression ratio. For a compression ratio of 9.5 : 1, the efficiency can be estimated at 28 percent.

Therefore the maximum mechanical output of this engine is:

PM max. = 81.6 x 0.28 = 22.85 kW

The maximum electrical output (cos phi generator = 0.8) is therefore:

PE max. = 22.85 x 0.8 = 18.3 kVA


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