Greetings Doug and list, I hope all is as well as can be as we all age like fine wine.
In the interest of the original post about straw gasification, I am going to attempt a sample run in my latest unit out of curiosity, I think going the route of cubed wheat straw would be the way to go, what are your thoughts on this ? Greg Manning <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 12:36 PM, Doug <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gasification Colleagues, > > As each year passes, watching requests for proven gasification technology, > is like watching the movie "National Ground Hogs Day" where the main > character relives the same day over and over gradually correcting his > mistakes until he gets the outcome he targets (the girl of course). There > is enough collective experience already in the World to solve just about > every permutation of waste biomass use, except how to handle it's huge > volume in the place it where it grows, and for a price which must equate to > practically nothing. > > Yes we can as individuals make things that work for our own edification, > but this does not translate to making it work on the scales required by > those just discovering biomass conversion. Far from being a cornucopia ( a > Horn of Plenty) it's more the other way of working like a funnel, in which > you have to literally stuff bulk $$$ first, then all the "free waste" that > must reach the funnel without cost. But, we don't really give up do we? > > It's always good to find and refer to what appear to be examples of proven > technologies, but few can really meet their own predictions of reliability > when put to scrutiny. Take a hard look before you part with your $$$. > > This year, I rebuilt my Pioneer Class gasifier down the back shed while I > can still see to weld, and visited the CalForests Biochar maker project in > California in July to commission a hot pyrolysis gas suction system. We are > still trying to stuff a forest into a funnel, so in an eye blink things can > go crazy, a single raw chip is failure! I will try to get the photo file > up on the Fluidyne Archive albeit six months late shortly. > > On the side, I still study and ponder what secrets still remain as > applications for these differing chars, and continue my other life as a > therapist, researching pain. > > Best Wishes to you all for the Festive Season. > > Doug Williams, > > Fluidyne. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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