Harrie, Doug, and others,
I am working with Gary Gilmore on char-gasifiers for small IC engines,
including gensets up to 15 kWe that will output about 10 kWe when
operated with char gas.
Gary and I will be at the Argos Indiana gathering of "Drive on Wood"
that is on June 1, 2, 3. (One month from now.)
Our focus is NOT for providing chargas power to vehicles. (leave that
for gasoline and diesel.)
Our prototype unit has (or is to have by then) the following
characteristics:
A. Continous operation, not a batch operation. Manual operation, that
can be automated.
B. Complete all the way to the attachment to the intake of chargas into
the IC engine. (not for diesel engines unless someone else has provided
spark ignition or is a diesel engine expert.)
C. Low cost (but no pricing available at this time). The genset is
far more expensive than char-gasifier. Adding automation to the
char-gasifier would greatly increase the cost, and is not recommended
for low-income societies where labor is inexpensive.
D. Sizes to suit different sizes of engines.
E. Information about char production and about proper sizing /
screening of the char is also available.
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Yes, we are looking for SERIOUS collaborators who have skills and
resources. Both in North America AND internatioally. Contact
directly with us is fine ( [email protected] ), but some discussion
can be via the Gasification Listserv.
Gary and I will also be at the USBI (US Biochar Initiative) conference
in Wilmington, Delaware on 20 - 23 August 2018.
Paul
Doc / Dr TLUD / Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD
Email: [email protected]
Skype: paultlud Phone: +1-309-452-7072
Website: www.drtlud.com
On 5/2/2018 7:03 AM, Harrie Knoef wrote:
Dear Doug, Paul and all others, as long as Doug is on this discussion
list, I agreed with him, but in this case I have my doubts. (Sorry Doug)
Why?
Cheap solutions based on charcoal gasification are available.
Activated carbon on coconut shells is a good suggestion, but this is
not what Mr. Feinstein is asking for.
The company needs electricity and heat.
In my opinion Paul is correct: when charcoal is available in remote a
remote area it must be possible to produce heat and electricity on a
small scale.
Regards to Doug and Paul
Harrie Knoef
*From:* Paul Anderson <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Wednesday, May 02, 2018 2:34 AM
*To:* Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification
<mailto:[email protected]> ; Doug
<mailto:[email protected]>
*Cc:* Asa Feinstein <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [Gasification] FW: Gasification internship opportunity
in Philippines
Doug and all,
You can count me as "in" to assist where appropriate. Main topics for
me include:
A. The production of electricity via char-gasification gases into IC
engines.
B. To better understand the amounts of heat wanted for the drying
processes.
C. Need to know about the types and amounts of biomass.
This Gasification Listserv is certainly a good place to have further
discussions.
Paul
Doc / Dr TLUD / Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD
Email:[email protected]
Skype: paultlud Phone: +1-309-452-7072
Website:www.drtlud.com
On 5/1/2018 4:40 PM, Doug wrote:
Hi Gasification Colleagues,
While we can "collectively" offer Mr Feinstein just about everything
for his project from a commercial perspective, his project
description clearly states that they wish to develop cheap low cost
solutions to become locally manufactured. These are the things that
bother me regarding their concept objectives.
1. If he imports a Intern Engineer for $500 a month, just how much
real value could this person offer for such a short term contract?
2. Making charcoal, no problem, but easiest and cheapest option
reduces waste heat collection or close coupled combustion for driers.
3. Quality of charcoal for power generation is OK for the cheapest
char making option, but this is not the quality found in activated
carbon.
4. Steam is required for blanching the product, so a low cost boiler
is a necessity, along with water treatment, the main factor of boiler
efficiency, even cheap ones.
5. Steam blanching has an issue of toxic waste water, and in a rural
location, ground water will become contaminated unless treated. Do
they know about this and who will monitor the ground water?
6. Maybe activated carbon can be used to clean up the waste stream,
but it would be purchased, as a cheap char option does not create the
type of temperature or steam pressures to make it.
7. No indicative amount of power generation is stated, but one might
think it would be at least 15-20 kWe given that motor start-ups on
oil extruder's etc, need power generation reserves. Cheap generators
can be an expensive low cost solution, especially if any computers
become part of the process.
Start-up rural projects like this have a history which tell us not to
reinvent the wheel yet once again. The easiest way to do this is to
offer unpaid enthusiastic help to the selected engineering graduate,
and this open Gasification list offers a good way to do it., So who
is in, what can you offer Mr Feinsteins team?
Doug Williams,
Fluidyne.
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