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Detail packed, but you still need to use your brain.
Steve demonstrates how he built a CHP power plant for his Florida home when a series of hurricanes ripped through that area. This book is full of the back-of-the-envelope engineering calculations that one would need to do to build a successful home electrical generator system. It is by no means a step-by-step guide unless you can find the specific engine and generator that the author used. Think of it more in terms of providing the vocabulary and ideas you'll need. The details are left to you the builder. Car engines are used as the basis of the CHP system. If you need something more robust, you may want to investigate the Lister clone engines made in India. This book would still provide many relevant details though.
This book is part of a series of books written by the same author. Aluminium castings are used to solve a number of construction issues so you'll want his book "Build an Oil Fired Tilting Furnace" and his books "Metal Casting: A Sand Casting Manual For the Small Foundry Vol. 1 and Vol. 2" in your library as well.
[Sunday, January 04, 2009]
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