This sounds very promising, Rex can you give me a hint where to find he pics but not on Facebook ? What do you do with the wash water?
Thanks Rolf On Wed, 2 Oct 2013 12:00:27 +0200 "Rex Zietsman" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I am back on the gasifier list from a long sabbatical. But, I have not been > idle! My colleague and I recently installed a wood fired gasifier running a > 15kW alternator driving a 7.5kW maize mill in northern Mozambique. Here is a > Facebook link for the photos and a short 15 second movie showing the plant > running and milling maize: > https://www.facebook.com/pages/Whitfield-Agri/391405990981929. > > Some of the interesting points: > -> Gasifier: Trillion TG30 imported from Indonesia > -> Gas cleaning: irrigated balls located in the annulus around the gasifier > main shell; cyclone for droplet removal; chemically activated sawdust tar > filter; sawdust safety filter and an Isuzu truck air filter as a final gas > filter > -> Cooling tower: Cooling is done with a tray type cooling tower with > cooling water circulated by 12V bilge pumps > -> Motor: 4.1 litre Chev 6 cylinder > -> Alternator: 380V ST synchronous alternator with AVR > -> Uses LPG gas to start the motor allowing the motor to draw the gas > through the system. Once operating smoothly and gasfier glowing adequately, > the LPG is slowly shut off while the air/fuel ratio is adjusted for the > lower BTU syngas. This start up method works very well - takes about 5 > minutes to switch over from LPG to syngas > > I have a lot of experience and clearly a lot more technical specs if anyone > is interested. Post your queries and I will answer them so that we all learn > from our experience. > > Rex Zietsman > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ -- Energies Naturals C.B. <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ 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/
