On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 05:07:58 GMT, SomeBody
wrote:

I have put together a diesel generator set, can be seen at:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jeffgnu/my_photos

I am wanting to convert the hopper cooling system to a thermo cooling
tower.

The principle of operation of thermo cooling can be seen he

http://www.chilipepperapp.com/tscs.htm

I have a few questions on the construction of this
tank and want to run it by the group.

The genset will have a 195F thermostat installed, the cooling tank will
be a closed system. I plan on using a 2" black pipe with screw cap as a
filler neck in the top of the tank. This cap will be only hand tight.

Would I need to install a pressure relief value of sorts to prevent an
accident? Could a radiator cap be used instead of a pressure relief
valve?

Do they make a filler neck flange to mount to the top of the tank?


I agree with the other poster of why the tank?

Get a radiator and mount it above the engine if you want to go with
a thermo siphon system.

Personally I'd look into a condenser. That's what they use on these
type engines in the oil field. It's basically just a radiator with the
bottom directly connected to the top of the tank (in other words
there's not bottom tank on the radiator but rather the tank on the
engine is the bottom and the cores connect directly into the tank).
There is a top tank and a small fan run by belt from the engine
itself.

The way the condenser works is that as the water evaporates from the
engine heat it rises up into the condenser which cools back into water
which then falls back into the tank. Real simple system with built in
thermostat (the boiling point of the water).

Wayne Cook
Shamrock, TX
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/waynecook/index.htm