Biocoal isNOT charcoal! It contains 80% of the energy in the original wood, but is friable, easily compressed, briquettes or fired as a powder in utility boilers by itself or as an aid to better combustion of powdered coal.
Tom Reed Thomas B Reed On Oct 10, 2012, at 1:35 AM, "doug.williams" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kenny, > > You ask: > > Is anyone aware of a US commercial producer of small-scale, solid-fuel > (bio-coal fired) power plants in the 1 to 20 MW range? > > Please define your version of bio-coal, as it can have differing > interpretations. It suggests charcoal, if so, one might expect for you to > consider a number of options. Tell us more. because there is a huge gap > between raw and "pre-charred" fuel gasification. Your range of outputs > stretch credibility to supply a pre-carbonized fuel for 20MWe, so what is the > direction of your enquiry? Possibly you are researching the capabilities of > the technology, but 1-20MWe is rather big when discussing biomass > gasification systems. You might also comment on the end use of the gas, > boiler of engine power generation? > > This forum has an affinity with discussing these issues, because the future > needs what we may be able to do, given the right challenges, and your > question should trigger off comment from the accumulated expertise. > > Doug Williams, > Fluidyne. > _______________________________________________ > 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/
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