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tightwad nik

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would it be possible................
« on: November 07, 2010, 02:07:38 pm »
i quite fancy this as a thought but could i make a jet engine , with some sort of output coupled to a generator either 12v or 110v/240v, and then have the exhaust gasses run through a heat exchanger??? would it work or  not ???

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« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2012, 12:07:17 am »
Sure.  Why not?
I don't think it would be hotter than a small foundry.
 Expect to line things with fire brick and refractory cement.

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Re: would it be possible................
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2013, 01:20:57 am »
SHALOM, Nick!

You might like this.  Or not.
While re-reading this thread, I remembered the "portable space heater" on my back porch.
It's a fume spewin' kerosene burnin' jet engine.
Well, OK . . . it ain't no jet engine, it just looks like a small brown one.
It ain't from space, neither, but it is portable.
It's rated 30,000 BTU output and needs a thorough clean-out 'cause it won't burn waste oil, as is.
It is slated for "one of these days" modifying to burn WMO.

Back when kerosene could be had cheap, TMEN built a drip kerosene heater for an Ecovillage greenhouse.
I used to have the 1-page article.  It's now SOMEWHERE on disc.
They made it from rain gutter downspout and hung it on a wall, intake down low, exhaust at the top.
It sputtered while burning, like early WWII German jets.
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Re: would it be possible................
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2013, 05:14:13 pm »
hey Nick,

Here's that pulse-jet heater link I should have had for the above post
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http://www.motherearthnews.com/do-it-yourself/diy-small-space-heaters-zmaz86jfzglo.aspx
The current TMEN site makes articles a nuisance to read, but some are worth the hassle.
My apologies for the delay.
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