You can use saltpeter as an oxidizer l Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 14, 2010, at 6:35 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Robert, > > Be careful if you are going to try this. Carbon fuels and oxygen are > explosive. There is(was?) a local Maine company called Maine Micro Furnace > that was trying to use oxygen in a furnace. > > http://www.mainemicrofurnace.com/ > > They were claiming temperatures around 5000F. This is WELL above the melting > point of steel. I'm not sure why going to these temperatures is advantageous > or why burning pure oxygen is cheaper than air and a heat exchanger, or why > anyone would want to battle the hot corrosion and max. use temperature > issues, but it has been tried. They told me they had some pretty spectacular > "BOOMS!!" > > Stephen > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Kana <[email protected]> > To: Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Oct 14, 2010 2:20 pm > Subject: Re: [Gasification] Gas production without nitrogen > > > Dear Mr. Seiler, > Do you know has anybody tried these VSA and PSA systems and used the 92% > oxygen in to the gasifiers? I thought it would be a good idea to mix this > oxygen gas with exhaust gas in a certain proportion to heat the gas going in > to gasifier. I think it would be a plus if we add some extra hydrogen and > oxygen gas produced by electrolysis, made by wind or other energy sources. > What we are trying to do is just get better quality gas from the gasifier, > and better gas with less wood chips or biomass? > Any experiences somebody can advice, before getting oxygen tanks and trying > the outcome, that would be very helpful. > Regards, > Robert Kana, > Biomass Energy, Indonesia > > _______________________________________________ > The Gasification list has moved to > [email protected] - please update your email contacts to reflect > the change. > Please visit http://info.bioenergylists.org for more news on the list move. > Thank you, > Gasification Administrator > > _______________________________________________ > The Gasification list has moved to > [email protected] - please update your email contacts to reflect > the change. > Please visit http://info.bioenergylists.org for more news on the list move. > Thank you, > Gasification Administrator _______________________________________________ The Gasification list has moved to [email protected] - please update your email contacts to reflect the change. Please visit http://info.bioenergylists.org for more news on the list move. Thank you, Gasification Administrator
