Dear Tom, Yes. At the door of our plant in Medan-Indonesia.
Regards, Darius Terkirim dari Samsung Mobile -------- Original message -------- From: Tom Miles <[email protected]> Date: 04/12/2013 06:31 (GMT+07:00) To: 'darius_tamizi' <[email protected]>,'Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification' <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [Gasification] Small steam systems plus gasifiers for electricity Darius, Good price. Delivered where? At the door of your plant in Indonesia? I can’t remember where you are. Tom From: Gasification [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of darius_tamizi Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 3:19 PM To: Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification Subject: Re: [Gasification] Small steam systems plus gasifiers for electricity We can supply biochar for only US$0.25/kg or US$2.5/5gallon Terkirim dari Samsung Mobile -------- Original message -------- From: Tom Miles <[email protected]> Date: 03/12/2013 10:25 (GMT+07:00) To: 'Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Gasification] Small steam systems plus gasifiers for electricity Jeff, Nothing is that sensible. With retail garden products, and especially on eBay, weight and value go out the window. It’s whatever the customer (sucker?) will pay for a package. Garden products are usually sold by volume, not weight. Take the 5 gallon bucket of biochar that weighs 17 lbs. The blend is 25 lb/ft3 (17 lb/0.67 ft3). If the biochar is about 8 lb/ft3 and the additive, say compost, is 42 lb/ft3 then that’s a ~50:50 blend by weight. Is it worth $56? Sip the KoolAid and pay the $56 to support your biochar curiosity. There are some very good biochar-compost blends that sell for far less. I like the Biochar “charflakes” at $129/5 gal or $65/2 gal. $192/ft3 (>$5,000 CY) or $240/ft3? (That 5 gal plastic bucket must be worth more than $2 that I pay.) I’ll take the 40lb bag for $33 ($0.83/lb). That must be a misprint. The same supplier wants $1.80/lb for 10 lb and 2.60/lb for 5 lb. We don’t really know what portion or how much of a market these retail garden products represent but several sharp marketers are taking advantage of it. If you are willing to do the packaging and sales and get a lot more than $1/ft3 then you are at the head of the class. At least eBay makes it easy to find these things on the internet. Tom From: Gasification [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Davis Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 4:01 PM To: Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification Subject: Re: [Gasification] Small steam systems plus gasifiers for electricity Tom, So, if the charcoal is mixed with compost does some of the compost and water add to the wieght of the charcaol sold? Business Model: Grass compost + moisture + charcoal = X amount of $$$ per pound ???? Here's a 5 gallon bucket of biochar for a cool $129.00: <http://www.ebay.com/itm/121104857835> And more examples: <http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.Xbiochar&_nkw=biochar&_sacat=0&_from=R40> Jeff On 12/01/2013 06:57 PM, Tom Miles wrote: There is a lot of creative marketing going on with biochar. There is a wide range of quality. Prices range from $0.35/lb to $2/lb with most selling between $0.75-$1.00/lb ex plant. Updraft gasifiers (>10 MWth) have been good sources of char for one biochar wholesaler/broker. Char is usually conditioned with compost or inoculated before it reaches the final customer. As nearly as we can tell a few thousand tons of char was traded in the US in the last year.
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