Dear all, tar is a valuable byproduct. Villagers buy it from a hardware shop at about US$1 per kg. So, we would prefer not to burn it. Yours A.D.Karve
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Thomas Reed <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Doug, Brian and all > > To what extent can you clean today's gas by passing it (cooled to about 150 > C) through a barrel of tomorrows REASONABLY DRY fuel, thus permitting you > to burn all the tars AND finish drying the fuel? > > While a moisture content less than 20% is desirable for gasifier fuel, I > suspect it should not be bone dry for long runs because it becomes > autopyrolytic and won't retain a level pyrolysis zone. > > COMMENTS? > > Tom Reed > > Dr Thomas B Reed > President, The Biomass Energy Foundation > www.Woodgas.com <http://www.woodgas.com/> > > On Jan 30, 2011, at 9:06 AM, Brian D Paasch <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Jan 29, 2011, at 8:10 PM, doug.williams wrote: > > *To finger the problem of using industrial scale producer gas, is > that most large systems are not tar free, and if you need to compress the > gas, technical challenges come thick and fast.* > > > Doug, > > Oh goodness yes! We've not been willing to TOUCH the compression challenges > until we got our gas pretty darn clean. I'm cautiously optimistic with where > we are at on that task: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNypVoZg3VA > > And right now we're planning on three separate compression steps with > additional filters between each step. > > And thanks for the pointer to your archives, I will certainly browse! > > -brian > > > > --------------------------------------- > Indiana Renewables, LLC > 6600 Karyn Drive > Avon, Indiana 46123 > ph: 317-272-7939 > fax: 317-536-5326 > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > -- *** Dr. A.D. Karve President, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI) *Please change my email address in your records to: [email protected] *
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