NT/6 Wood Burning Turbine Stove/Generator

[zacandmillie]

This video has given me some ideas for possible industrial applications of a unit this size or larger. If only I had the means to replicate this and refine it. It's a great idea getting the turbo to force feed the air for a hotter, therefore a more efficient burn. Keep working on the concept guys.

[bryncomeaux]

theres a downside to everything which disadvantage can you best afford?

[josephdupont]

so did you hook up an alternator or magnets yet.

[lewandlo]

Looks like it is way too complicated for wood burning. That is a huge blower motor are you sure you didn`t build a jet motor? heheh.

[GRATZIANI2002]

any news on this project??.from my side some ideeas (no offence): 1..free turbine ( maybe a greater turbo- without compressor , instead having a gear and electric generator)2. cogeneration (heat recovery for heating purpose) , 3. water injection in burner .

[frilink]

This would make a great generator.....if it wasn't for the noise

[proyectomonterrey]

Is the liquid/foam that can be seen near the end of the video condensation from the gasses?

[TheWyogentleman]

@proyectomonterrey

I am pretty sure they must have put some ice or something on the top afterwards to show the heat

[3rdknukl]

the outside of my insert at home is 600 + degrees, inside its over a thousand.  does this stretch the wood? where is the generator?

[teslapower220]

Its effectively a gas turbine running on wood

[northerbrewer]

In 4 years did this ever lead to anything?

[NOLIMIT69NOLIMIT2000]

@northerbrewer  Nope

[jamesrgodfrey]

that shit was awesome.

[asv4k8]

so where is the part that generates the electricity as mentioned in the description?

[teslapower220]

Its not there in the video. An alternator would have to be connected to the shaft of the turbocharger via a suitable reduction gear.

[zstangkrewson]

cool but id need to carry an air tank and a cuting torch with me everywheere i go lol.... whats the main use for this turbo heateR?

[sparkywundermutt1]

Impressive as hell but how do you add more fuel while its in use?

[Chodechinian]

Seriously, that thing is scary

[Trippy518]

This was a demonstration of a idea for the starting point to create energy from waste materials. Point made was you need a fuel. After that they had to jump start the turbo to get the system started. The turbo was needed to provide the air to feed the fire. With out it your fire would not burn hot enough to generate the flow needed to spin up the turbo. Unless you started it on a gas. But now you getting into a dangerous area of explosive nature. I hope your drum don't pop.

[88simran]

i see no clear illustration as to the amount of energy transfered>>> i love the contraption still!!!! what is the power output? i might order one...

[SymAmineC8H11N]

i don't know they do it 'cause they can... 1149 celsius thats pretty good for wood as fuel but i know some blacksmiths out there that use wood & can get higher yield than that to reach melting point of iron 1535 celsius

[aihlo]

1500 from wood? i know coal will go up there and higher for smithing, i never tried wood, do they use a hand crank blower or electric?

[Wallabydam]

someone tell me the purpose of placing a turbo on top of a big pressure cooker,

[godzilla74114]

see how far they can push it before it explodes in a famous fireball we can see 50 miles away.

[RickMHobson]

How do you add more fuel?

[Hydroginist]

Great Work but what a waste of energy hook you system up to an HHO generator and do it right serch youtube HHO this could be kick ass!

[russlehman]

Okay folks, HHO is not an energy source. At 100% efficiency, it takes exactly as much energy to make the HHO as you get when you burn it. In the real world, you waste energy.

Now, electrlyzing water to make hydrogen could be usefus as a way to store energy from solar or wind power, or to indirectly power cars or other transportation from wind or solar, but it is not a primary energy source.

[jon3m2007]

As above - Erm wots the point - Where would anyone use this?

[aflacduky]

how long did it run on those logs you put in ?

and how much do you think the fuel was in weight thanks!

[aflacduky]

super clean burn good job

[fvrrljr]

Great Ideas and as someone commented great for third world countries. Turbine a bit to loud. you should have showed generator hooked up and powering something.

[turtles24601]

i doubt something like that would have enough torque for a generator, unless it was geared down!

[tonytiger75]

You would have to gear it down, it's turning at probably at least 10,000 RPM Turbo shaft powered aircraft or generators are always geared down, most any alternator or generator armature would fly apart at that speed.

[crazykarlnow]

Really cool I've been looking into alt. energy keep at it!

[zacandmillie]

A great idea to maximise fuel efficiency with the turbo but can someone indicate to me where the power / generator is attached? Something like this would be great in 3rd world countries to use rubbish for fuel and to power refrigeration units for medicines in remote localities.

[pidner]

Good idea.

[Kyosuke1989]

I am desinging/building the same thing, here in Finland.. But that is a totally automated version of this, and it has electric power of about 20 kW, and thermal power of about 80 kW.. Running a free turbine after turbo, with gearbox, coupled to 1500 rpm 3-phase 400 Volt AC 50 Hz generator. Desinged to work as a powerplant of one big building, or three smaller buildings.

[razorx71]

you have a generator on that thing? how many watt/kw was it producing?

[northerbrewer]

It uses all the power it produces spinning the turbo, not including the extra power require to run the oil pump.

[walton8tor]

That is the most amazing thing I've ever seen. This thing is more amazing than the tsar bomba and Canadian tire's "eliminator" series combined. Just imagine sitting down beside a nice warm campfire in front of a calm blue lake, watching the northern lights. So peaceful and serene. Then firing up this beast so you can charge up your laptop and power up your 2,000 watt stereo system (which you happened to lug along) and blast some Dream Theater or Metallica or something, at 4:00 in the morning...

[bccritters]

that is a big blowdryer!!

[beachbeats86]

i think it a a great idea, looks like it took ages to make,

[lnesland]

Nice :-) But is it heating water to run the turbo or is it heating oil? Anyone knows?

[yuandrew]

INesland, it works the same as a gas turbine/jet engine. The big tank is fed with air from the turbo which causes the wood to burn hotter. The hot air from the burning wood spins the turbo.

There are a number of turbocharger based gas turbine videos here as well. Compare the size of combustion chambers running diesel or propane to the size of this wood burner and the size of the turbo.

[JPK1990]

waterinjection before turbine and heat -> preasure -> axial power

for better efficiency you need customed turbine :/

[jdsanchez473]

With the weight and innefiecency im sure its not usefull for about anything, but it sure is cool!

[jojoremigio]

what is it? what is it used for?

[yuandrew]

"The world's first wood burning gas turbine/jet engine"