Unofficial Gathering question: 101s only?

On or around Sun, 26 Mar 2006 11:59:24 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>...and Austin Shackles spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...
>
>
>> On or around Sat, 25 Mar 2006 13:27:55 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
>> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>> ...and Austin Shackles spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...
>>>
>>>> You got an Oxygen bottle for welding by
>>>> any chance? 's fun having such available to make for high-speed
>>>> barbie-lighting.
>>>
>>> I've just remembered an urgent dental appointment in the far North of
>>> Scotland that weekend...
>>
>> Oh, ye of little faith.
>
>No, it's me of distant memories of skool chemistry lessons.
>
>>
>> I was planning on using a regulator... Bit of oh-two don't half
>> crank the charcoal up to speed in a convincing manner though.
>
>I'll take your word for it.

bah. besides, oxy plus carbon doesn't do anything unlikely, 'specially if
there's not an enormous amount of oxy.

ISTR hot carbon plus air gives "producer gas" which is exothermic and not
especially inflammable, and hot carbon plus water vapour makes "water gas"
which is endothermic but results in vaguely useful gas (mixture of H and CO
?)
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On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 12:59:37 +0000, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:

>On or around Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:16:27 -0000, "Graham G"
><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>Tom Woods wrote:
>>> On 23 Mar 2006 08:28:52 -0800, "[email protected]"
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Unofficial AFL gathering to be specific, the 101s are bringing the
>>>> heavy stuff.
>>>
>>> Are you calling someone fat? (had to be done...)
>>
>>Well you lot have answered that one for me. Anyone is welcome. Indeed I
>>think a couple of my mates locally with landies might be coming too. More
>>the merrier really.
>>
>>Austin; would be helpful if you could but not essential if you can't bring
>>the bbq as I'm pretty sure we'd find one easily enough. Either way let me
>>know in due course.
>
>If I'm coming I'll bring it. You got an Oxygen bottle for welding by any
>chance? 's fun having such available to make for high-speed
>barbie-lighting. If not, I could maybe fit that in as well

Austin, Matryn is bringing his new BBQ, which is huge, (i've just been
chatting to him), so if you can't bring yours, dont worry!

Martyn has promised he will be there at the unofficial, he has just
been so flat out, installing new servers and the such like. End of
the financial year and everyone is trying to spend their last bits of
budget!
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On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 15:56:35 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>bah. besides, oxy plus carbon doesn't do anything unlikely

Liquid oxygen absorbed onto charcoal is used in quarrying!
>
>ISTR hot carbon plus air gives "producer gas" which is exothermic and not
>especially inflammable,

It's actually quite a high octane fuel but low calorific value and
poor flame speed (limiting rpm), so the engine only develops a
fraction of its rated power, some early rural cinemas were powered by
Tangye DC generators running on anthracite. The gases come out at over
850C so need a lot of cooling before being imbibed by the engine
(later coke gasifiers used contra flow air pre heating and egr to push
up conversion and cool the fuel gas). It is CO+N2 when made from coke
or charcoal. I always wanted to convert my 101 on this co-fueled with
lpg.


> and hot carbon plus water vapour makes "water gas"
>which is endothermic but results in vaguely useful gas (mixture of H and CO
>?)

Water gas is a much higher calorific value plus it has high octane and
good flame speed, it's a mixture of H2 and CO plus a percentage of
nitrogen that slips through. Town gas was essentially water gas at the
latter stages of development until we went to natural gas in the mid
60s.

AJH

On or around Sun, 26 Mar 2006 18:56:57 +0100, Simon Isaacs <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>
>Austin, Matryn is bringing his new BBQ, which is huge, (i've just been
>chatting to him), so if you can't bring yours, dont worry!

right, if I get the 4x4 hybrid bus project built it's *definitely* gonna be
purple[1] now. Can't have people upstaging me by bringing even bigger
barbies.

Mind, there's a drawback to really big barbies, like you need about 1/2cwt
of charcoal to burn in it. Mine already takes quite a lot to get a decent
fire all the way along it.

>Martyn has promised he will be there at the unofficial, he has just
>been so flat out, installing new servers and the such like. End of
>the financial year and everyone is trying to spend their last bits of
>budget!

[1] possibly metallic purple at that!
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too" Sir Francis Drake (1540? - 1596) Attr. saying when the Armarda was
sighted, 20th July 1588

....and Simon Isaacs spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...

> Austin, Matryn is bringing his new BBQ, which is huge, (i've just been
> chatting to him), so if you can't bring yours, dont worry!

Squeaking of which, is Steve bringing that wonderful bit of modern art that
doubles as a log fire?

--
Rich
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Richard Brookman wrote:

>...and Simon Isaacs spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...
>
>
>
>>Austin, Matryn is bringing his new BBQ, which is huge, (i've just been
>>chatting to him), so if you can't bring yours, dont worry!
>>
>>
>
>Squeaking of which, is Steve bringing that wonderful bit of modern art that
>doubles as a log fire?
>
>
>
If he is in the country! Currently in Korea and due back there again
sooner rather than later. Even if Steve is away the boys and I intend
to come along but only in the 101 if the new electronic ignition is all
properly fitted.

Lizzy

....that's South Korea BTW not the other lot.

Lizzy