"getting to an actually relevant and meaningful small scale gasification solution is a multi-fronted product design problem. it is not simply a reactor design problem, with the rest left to other "departments" to work out the details. if you didn't consider manufacturing and distribution from day one, you are likely going to return to day one after x years of engineering, and start again. until we deal with the full suite of issues that contribute to the end price and user experience, we are not going to create the "lift lid, put in junk, out comes useful things" washing machine type appliance that the world really wants this tech to be. or in other metaphor, a "PC of personal scale energy". that's what i'm trying to make."
-jim I totally agree with that statement. This is coming from a person who is designing, manufacturing, and marketing his own products with no outside funding source and totally dependant on the proceeds from my efforts to put food on the table now! The smallest, simplest detail can hold up the whole process and make it not doable on a practical "real dollars" "your dollars" bottom line marketable level. Every single step has to be engineered as Jim states from the ground up or you can be catapulted back to the drawing board in a heartbeat. I think for gassification that starts with practical fuel processing as well. A big part of the puzzle. I patiently await your success, as I'm located remote off grid with a shop full of machines to run, surrounded by forest, and the cost of fuel is a consideration. West Coast Pat _______________________________________________ Gasification mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/
