Ken

Why burden the whole process with 30% moisture wood. 10% is ideal

Tom Reed

From Tom Reed

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Dr Thomas B Reed
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On Jul 19, 2012, at 1:07 PM, "Kevin" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Kenny
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kenny Redd
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 12:54 PM
> Subject: [Gasification] To all... a question
> 
> As a novice to gasification, I have been absorbing the enlightening info on 
> this forum.  Here's my question: Is it possible to design a single reactor 
> vessel to intake woody biomass (@30% moisture) and output syngas, torrefied 
> woody biomass and biochar in a continuous process and maintain 
> self-sustaining combustion without returning a portion of the syngas to aid 
> combustion? 
>  
> # The short answer is: Absolutely not.
>  
> My gut feeling (and my novice number crunching) says it can be done.  Am I 
> overly optimistic? 
>  
> # The short answer is: Yes
>  
> Are there any such systems in use today?
>  
> # I feel that such a task is impossible.
>  
> Thanks in advance for any additional enlightenment.
>  
> # It is usually far more difficult to build a system doing many tasks, than 
> it is to build a"single purpose process equipment piece."
>  
> Best wishes,
>  
> Kevin
>  
> Kenny Redd
> Inova Energy LLC
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