Dear Tom Miles and All I used to love the name, Bio-Oil, suggesting my two passions, Biomass and Energy.
However, Biomass condensed vapors are highly oxygenated, and hardly an "oil". The term attracts the unwary. Auto-pyrolysis (at 500-600C) of biomass produces a relatively clean gas from the cellulose, C6H10O5 (cellulose) + 1/2 O2 ===> 6 CO + 5 H2 Good for cooking and driving cars/trucks Plus Biochar, excellent for improving the ground and atmosphere (by its absence). <><><> But externally heated pyrolysis units produce a witches brew of chemicals, some useful when pure (methanol, vanillan, acetic acid) but in low concentration, and better made more directly. <><><> Am I missing something? Tom Reed On Friday, March 28, 2014, Tom Miles <[email protected]> wrote: > The industry is not without risk. > > > > > http://www.finlandtimes.fi/national/2014/03/28/5723/3-injured-in-Fortum-bio-oil-plant-explosion > > > > 3 injured in Fortum bio-oil plant > explosion<http://www.finlandtimes.fi/national/2014/03/28/5723/3-injured-in-Fortum-bio-oil-plant-explosion> > > FTimes-STT Report, March 28 > > > > [image: > http://www.finlandtimes.fi/assets/images/news_images/2014/03/28/for_details/image_5723_0.jpg]<http://www.finlandtimes.fi/assets/images/news_images/2014/03/28/for_details/image_5723_0.jpg> > > *The office of energy company Fortum in Espoo. Photo- Lehtikuva. > <http://www.finlandtimes.fi/assets/images/news_images/2014/03/28/for_details/image_5723_0.jpg>* > > Three people were wounded in an explosion in Fortum's bio-oil plant in > Joensuu on Thursday. > > > > Two of them, who sustained burn injures, were taken to a hospital while > one was injured less severely, sources at the company said. > > > > Operations at the bio-oil plant were halted and it was likely to remain > closed for several days, according to plant manager Timo Partanen. > > > > The rescue department received alarm at around 2pm. The gas explosion > happened after the workers had gone to inspect a tank. > > > > The injured workers managed to flee the scene of explosion by themselves. > > > > The plant was commissioned last year to produce bio-oil from wood-based > raw materials. > > - See more at: > http://www.finlandtimes.fi/national/2014/03/28/5723/3-injured-in-Fortum-bio-oil-plant-explosion#sthash.Y3gnQ442.dpuf > > > -- NOTE: PLEASE CHANGE MY ADDRESS TO [email protected] Dr. Thomas B. Reed The Biomass Energy Foundation BEF, BEC, BER
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