[Gasification] Orange Peels
Tom Miles
tmiles at trmiles.com
Thu Jun 23 12:33:33 CDT 2011
Rolf,
The request is for making use of peels as fuel or biochar after juicing them
in small scale rural production.
It sounds like drying/torrefying might make a useful but friable fuel.
Thanks
Tom
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[mailto:gasification-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Rolf
Uhle
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 10:20 AM
To: Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification
Subject: Re: [Gasification] Orange Peels
Tom,
I never gasified o. peels but yes I have torrified /charred them many times
and used them as kindling.
They turn black on a hot surface,are easily broken once dry and they burn
like
hell!
I atribute this to the high content in atheric oils which they don' t loose
entirely during the torrefaction (blackening) process.
Ask your customers if they extract those oils for solvents or if the leave
them untouched.
I guess it makes a difference
Rolf
Am Donnerstag, 23. Juni 2011 18:47:24 schrieb Tom Miles:
> I've had an inquiry from Southern Africa about orange peels. Does anyone
> have experience carbonizing or gasifying orange peels?
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> Do the burn in a TLUD?
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> Do they make gas in an ARTI style compact digester?
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> Can you char them? ( If you can char an apple or a pizza I guess you can
> char an orange.)
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> Tom Miles
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