Fueless Friction Heater Manufacturer Found

[noonespecial]

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The  whole  reason for building this  kind of heater is  mechanical  losses .
The  concept is that the  mechnancal  losses  of  the moving oil will generate heat very efficiently .
It is  difficult  to get rid of mechanical  losses .......why not  use  them  for your benifit ?


gary 

At the risk of sounding like a broken record..... How is it that mechanical losses of moving oil will generate heat very efficiently?
Electric heat, while pricey, is 99.99% efficient. Taking an electric source and adding a mechanical transfer mechanism will only make the efficiency go down, right?

[Cap-Z-ro]

"http://www.hi-lo.com/pages/products12-99.html"

Thanks for all your help gary...it appears those pulleys are designed for belt life and grip.

Regards...

[resonanceman]

"http://www.hi-lo.com/pages/products12-99.html"

Thanks for all your help gary...it appears those pulleys are designed for belt life and grip.

Regards...

I  didn't check the  prices ..... I am pretty sure that they  won't be cheap .
But they  are  built for industrial  use .     

With one of those you can dial  in  any speed you want in a  fairly  wide range.


gary   

[resonanceman]

Electric heat, while pricey, is 99.99% efficient.

Electric  resistance heat is the benchmark  that  other  ways  if creating  heat  are measured by . 
That  doesn't mean that there are not more efficient ways  of creating heat .

Taking an electric source and adding a mechanical transfer mechanism will only make the efficiency go down, right?

That is what  big energy wants you to think
Do you  believe everything you  read in a text book?
OU  will be found  in exploiting the  quirks  of processes . 
This  heat  created by  turbulence  looks  like  a  really nice  quirk .


gary

Edit

In almost all cases  your text  books  will  tell you how to work around the quirks  rather than how to exploit them.   

[Cap-Z-ro]

I'm pretty sure those pulleys are not able to give me the low speed torque and high rpm's at the same time gary.

Also, I think they are only rated for 1750 rpm's.

I hope I don't end up having to hook it up to my exercise bike.

Regards...