Jim Sounds like a marvelous weekend and give my regards to all. Meanwhile I'll hold the wood energy fort here on the East coast.
Tom Reed Thomas B Reed On Mar 29, 2012, at 4:46 AM, jim mason <[email protected]> wrote: > This weekend is looking to be our largest workshop ever. 85 RSVPs are > the most we've ever seen out front-- but we're ordering some more > chairs, coffee and bagels, so we can hold a few more. The building > and associated resources will likely top out around 100 people. That > leaves space for about 15 more of you. Also, there are still two > slots left if you want to weld together a GEK Level III during the > workshop. Write us a note if you are still planning on attending > and/or building, but have yet to tell us so. > > The basic info and organization of the workshop is here in the gek > forum: > http://gekgasifier.com/forums/index.php/topic/747-gasification-workshop-weekend-march-30-april-1-berkeley-ca/ > > Ron Ohler and Andy Schofield got here yesterday from Michigan. A day > later, the wood chipper works again, after two years of lack thereof. > We now have fuel. Thank you Ron and Andy! The Lister is scheduled to > yield next, though at the moment i have Ken distracted by the 100kw > electronics. > > Below are some new presentations we've recently added to the agenda. > In addition we have a DIY power pallet coming all the way down from > Canada, and some other homebuilt curiosities from around the nation > promised to show. > > Join us if you can. > > j > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > 1. Steve Feher, Executive Director and Sustainable Technologies > Laboratory (STL)Sustainable Community Development Institute (SCDI) > will be attending the Berkelely Workshop March 31-1. He and six of his > students will be bringing their small rice hull gasifier and a bunch > of rice hulls with the test set up they used to measure its heat > output. He says, "It's a fun set up, we can demonstrate it . . . and > our kids will tell a good story." They will be running their gasifier > and will be doing an informal presentation Saturday afternoon of the > workshop. > "We just completed a very interesting set of experiments by the > students on measuring usable BTU output generated in our small rice > hulls gasifier," Steve states. He will be bringing up to 6 students to > the workshop to not only learn about gasification from our workshop, > but to teach us as well! > http://www.scdinstitute.org/ > > 2. Nick and Charles over at Santa Fe Community College just as of this > week purchased a 10kW PowerPallet to assist in educating their > students about the technology of gasification. They are really excited > about incorporating the GEK Gasifier into their curriculum which fits > nicely with their other projects in algae, ethanol, and biodiesel. > They will be giving a presentation on their program and current > projects at their Biofuel Center of Excellence > (http://biofuels.gree...ining.sfcc.edu/). > > From their site: "The Biogas and Pyrolysis Module will provide a > history of gasification and pyrolysis, and an overview of > photosynthesis, the carbon cycle and biomass energy. Students will > study the biochemistry of anerobic digestion, pyrolysis, gasification > and the qualities of methane. Safety issues and OSHA compliance are > also included in the curriculum. The varieties of biogas applications > will be explored as well as common types of biogas plants. The > mechanics of gasification include how a system is designed and built, > how gas cleanup is handled and how to select the appropriate > feedstock. The economics section will explore market opportunities and > issues of scale." > > 3. Amanda Joy Ravenhill recently launched the Biochar Association of > the Bay Area and and will be presenting info about the new org during > the workshop. They just had their first meeting in early March in San > Francisco, and are looking to gather the many interested locals for > biochar related endeavors. Here's a bit from the meeting. > > "We had a great discussion about the need for the association both to > get all Bay-Area biochar individuals together and to create a trade > association type organization for bay area biochar businesses. Though > we established a lens of focusing on the business-support side of > advocacy, the Association is still dedicated to public benefit. As the > biochar market grows we will all flourish. Though the BABA is centered > in the Bay Area the idea is not be to geographically exclusive. We > would like to offer businesses, individuals, non-profits and others > opportunities to engage with our programs and aim to act as > ambassadors for the Bay Area and all the unique resources that exist > here." > > Here again is the general schedule for the weekend. > http://gekgasifier.com/forums/index.php/topic/747-gasification-workshop-weekend-march-30-april-1-berkeley-ca/ > > Jim > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Jim Mason > Website: http://www.whatiamupto.com > Current Projects: > - Gasifier Experimenters Kit (the GEK): http://www.gekgasifier.com > - Escape from Berkeley alt fuels vehicle race: www.escapefromberkeley.com > - ALL Power Labs on Twitter: http://twitter.com/allpowerlabs > - Shipyard Announce list: > http://lists.spaceship.com/listinfo.cgi/icp-spaceship.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
