Thanks Todd, That was extremely helpful. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Appal Energy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Glycerine as fuel
> Bill, > > One would imagine that a gasifier would reduce all components of the > glyc cocktail to syn gas and char. > > Gasification is a novel thought to reducing that waste/co-product to > nill though. No addition of anything. No chemical refining. No new > energy inputs. No disposal problem with the remaining crude glycerol. > > A standard ratio/mix of biomass to cocktail might be just the ticket. > > Here is a gasifier that we've been eying for a couple of years now. > > http://www.alternateheatingsystems.com/woodboilers.htm > > It's the only one we've seen that might fit the ticket. > > Todd Swearingen > > Bill Clark wrote: > > > Hi to all, > > > > Yesterday I visited a small wood veneer operation using a wood > > gasification unit to produce steam which heats the veneer driers. > > They had previously been using LPG as a fuel source. The increase in > > the price of LPG was threatening to put them out of business. With the > > help of a grant from the State of Alabama they installed the new > > biomass gasification unit and paid it off ($500,000.00 USD) in a year > > and a half. > > > > There is another industry here struggling with LPG prices. Chicken > > growers. These small rural farmers must heat their chicken houses > > during cool or cold weather. Each house is 60 ft. wide by 200 ft. > > long. They turn the houses over 6 times per year. Each time a flock is > > sold, a layer of litter (peanut hulls and chicken waste) must be > > removed from the floor of the house. While the litter poduced is being > > used on some farmland (a problem in itself), there is a large glut of > > chicken litter piled around most of these farms. It is smelly, full of > > avian pathogens and is a serious leachate problem. > > > > There is work being done to utilize this waste as a heat source for > > these houses. The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs > > Science, Technology and Energy division (ADECA-STE) is very interested > > in biomass as energy and has a grant program aimed at agricultural > > energy efficiency. > > > > Questions: > > > > Can raw glycerine co-product from a biodiesel operation be effective > > as a source of syngas in a gasifier? > > > > What implications from the soap content? > > > > Proposal: > > > > Since the removal of the litter from each house is a very dusty > > operation, utilize raw glycerine co-product as a dust settler on the > > surface of the litter with the added benefit of increasing the energy > > content of the biomass. Use the waste biomass as fuel in a wood > > gasification unit to produce heat for the chicken houses. > > > > As some of you know, I am running a wvo to biodiesel project for the > > City of Eufaula, AL. I produce about 600 gal. of biodiesel per week > > leaving me with approximately 90 gal. of raw glycerine co-product. > > While this is not enough to treat the 400 chicken houses in the area, > > it may be enough to demonstrate this idea on one or two farms. If the > > addition of raw glycerine to chicken litter is workable, > > perhaps it could create a reliable use for raw glycerine produced in a > > larger scale biodiesel plant. The raw glycerine could be sold for > > perhaps $.50-1.00 per gallon, a nice price that would have an impact > > on the feasibility of a local biodiesel operation. > > > > I am just begining to think this through so any comments, positive or > > negative, would be appreciated. > > > > Hoping all is well with each of you, > > > > Bill Clark > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Biofuel mailing list > >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
