Dear Ron Sr...

Tom Reed here, alive and still gasifying at 88.

I'm working on a process to make diesel competitively from wood.  Intersperses 
tend in scaling up when I'm ready?

Tom Reed 

Thomas B Reed 
280 Hardwick Rd
Barre, Ma 01005
508-353-7841

> On Sep 18, 2014, at 12:40 PM, "Ronald Bailey, Sr." <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
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> From: Gasification [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of Tom Miles
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 3:58 PM
> To: 'Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification'
> Subject: [Gasification] Cost and Performance of Small Scale Gasifiers
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> Dear Tom:
>  
> These are PRME's original Gasification Systems commissioned in February 1982. 
>  They operate around the clock on rice hulls - still running after over 32 
> years.  We have many others with hundreds of thousands of operating hours - 
> all commercial.
>  
> Regards,
> Ron Bailey Sr.
> [email protected]
> http://www.prmenergy.com
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> Has anyone done a recent analysis of the cost and performance of small scale 
> (<100 kWe, <200 kWe) gasifiers? We have seen several gasifiers on the market 
> in the last several years but it is not clear how long they actually operate 
> during the year (hours/year), how much heat or power (kWh/yr) they produce, 
> what their average load factor is (40% of nameplate?), or what it actually 
> costs or own and operate them.
>  
> Do we have any data for Borealis/Spanner Re2, Superior Gasification, All 
> Power Labs, Ankur Scientific, Victory Gasworks, CarboConsult, Biosynergi, 
> Community Power Corporation, Thompson Spaven, Planet Green, BETEL (India), 3i 
> Energy Systems, Husk Power, Arbor Electrogen, Volter?
>  
> What about the next scale of  >200kWe<2000kWe? Cogebio, Xylowatt, Biogen, 
> Advanced Gasification Technologies,  Evergreen Energy, Guascor, Milena, 
> Proton Power, PRMEnergy, Primenergy, Zeropoint Cleantech. Mothermik, Dall 
> Energy, Babcock Volund, Biomass Engineering, BETEL (India), Diversified 
> Renewable Technology, Synkraft,Xylogas, CleanSTGas, Gussing Renewable 
> Energy,Weiss, Agnion, MEVA, Xylopower, Pyrofoce
>  
> How many of these systems can document 2,000, 4,000, or 8,000 hours total or 
> per year? What is a typical capacity factor for these systems. Are any of 
> them run in commercial conditions?
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Tom
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> T R Miles Technical Consultants Inc.
> [email protected]
> www.trmiles.com
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