Hi James, I'm a bit remiss on keeping up with all going on with charcoal makers of late, but what size production are you offering/hour? Comments made to me relate to speeds of the cycle if time dependent or tonnage if continuous.
I will be flying to Brisbane again in a couple of weeks, so wonder where you are located or operating from and can possibly arrange a visit? I don't have much spare time, but might be able to meet up if the distance is not great, and it would be good to handle the local product(:-) Regards, Doug Williams, Fluidyne. On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 09:12:45 +0000 James Joyce <[email protected]> wrote: > Doug, as a proponent and developer of continuous charcoal production > equipment I second your motion that charcoal gasifiers should get more > attention ... after all a good charcoal has less than one tenth the tar > production potential of woody biomass. After all that is mostly what char > production is about, removing volatile matter to leave a carbon rich > product. Of course the volatile matter that is released must be used and > dealt with responsibly ... I don't want to advocate for the great billowing > char pits and kilns of the 19th century. > > The other benefit of charcoal is consistency in what the engine sees as a > fuel. Most wood gasifiers have to put up with a lot of variation in their > fuel. ... and when it comes to engines and fuels garbage in equals garbage > out. > > Regards, > > James _______________________________________________ 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/
