On Thu, 14 Jun 2018 15:47:28 +0200, Björn wrote in message <[email protected]>:
> Hello, > > > > this is what I want to add to the Spanner discussion, although two > weeks ago: > > > > I worked for Spanner as a freelancer not long ago. We did projects > with several Spanner gasifiers connected to a bigger engine in order > to allow higher capacities, since the Spanner gasifiers make maximum > 70 kWe. So I have firsthand information. > > > > In my opinion, the Spanner gasifier is not bad at all. They sold more > than 750 of such units and the company still exists. Whom of you did > better? ..my mistake was trying to do this in Norway. > The restrictions regard the fuel wood properties are even less than I > had expected before I worked for them, since I know about downdraft > gasification. The need for dry wood for fixed bed downdraft > gasification should not be new to the community, isn´t it? > > > > There are plenty of Spanner units in Germany that do more than 8000 > h/year. Some, but very few, even above 8400 h/year. ..not bad, means an average 23h/day of uptime, how long have you seen these run between maintenance etc shutdowns? > Ask Spanner directly for reference. But, and this has to be stated as > well, operators that achieve such performance levels are very > dedicated to their systems 24/7. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ 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/
