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: > > > > 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 > > 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 > > > 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 > > > T R Miles Technical Consultants Inc. > [email protected] > www.trmiles.com > www.gasifiers.bioenergylists.org > > > > > <PRODUCERS GASIFIER SYSTEM (2).pdf> > _______________________________________________ > 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/
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