Dear Jim One subject for next weeks discussion is complete vs pyrolytic gasification. Pyrolytic gasification produces 20% charcoal AND a much richer gas. I wish I had the analysis, but i ll take a bet it is more than 225 Btu/scf. It depends on how much value is I the charcoal which you pick.
Tom Reed Dr Thomas B Reed President, The Biomass Energy Foundation www.Woodgas.com On Jan 24, 2011, at 4:55 PM, jim mason <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:40:08 +0100, Thomas wrote in message > <[email protected]>: > > > Tom > > > > Range fuel gasification technology was an externally heated > > pressuries pipe with a transport screew inside when I saw it. > > It was very similar to the pyrolysis unit on the wiking gasifier but > > they had ideas to upscale it to 4 tons pr hour by stacking pipes with > > screew conveyers. Thinking of the challenges of making the 1 tons pr > > hour screew pyrolyser in Haslev i have doubts this principle will > > ever be competitive for energy production - even for atmospherich > > applications. Thomas Koch > > > thomas, why did you think a stacked array of skinny auger retorts won't work? > this seems a known solution that tends to work as far as i know. of course > the proof is in the material handling with specific fuels. > > did you find it difficult to keep the auger straight and working? difficult > to keep the heat out of the motor and bearings at the ends? > > any secret cautionary tales we should know of? > > jim > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
