[Gasification] 15kW gasifier generator installed for maize milling

Arnt Karlsen arnt at iaksess.no
Thu Oct 3 05:24:57 CDT 2013


On Thu, 3 Oct 2013 07:46:43 +0200, Rex wrote in message 
<002801cebffb$f0b17020$d2145060$@whitfieldfarm.co.za>:

> Rolf,
> 
> I have sent you an invitation to a Dropbox folder where you can see
> all the photos.

..nooope, you didn't.  You may have _meant_ to do so, but that 
doesn't cut it, we still need to see the url to your Dropbox 
folder, to see your photos. ;o)

> Rex 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Energies Naturals C.B. [mailto:energiesnaturals at gmx.de] 
> Sent: 02 October 2013 01:52 PM
> To: gasification at lists.bioenergylists.org
> Subject: Re: [Gasification] 15kW gasifier generator installed for
> maize milling
> 
> This sounds very promising, Rex
> 
> can you give me a hint where to find he pics but not on Facebook ?
> What do you do with the wash water?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Rolf
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2 Oct 2013 12:00:27 +0200
> "Rex Zietsman" <rex at whitfieldfarm.co.za> wrote:
> 
> > Hi everybody,
> > 
> > I am back on the gasifier list from a long sabbatical. But, I have
> > not been idle! My colleague and I recently installed a wood fired
> > gasifier running a 15kW alternator driving a 7.5kW maize mill in
> > northern Mozambique. Here is a Facebook link for the photos and a
> > short 15 second movie showing the plant running and milling maize:
> > https://www.facebook.com/pages/Whitfield-Agri/391405990981929. 
> > 
> > Some of the interesting points:
> > -> Gasifier: Trillion TG30 imported from Indonesia Gas cleaning: 
> > -> irrigated balls located in the annulus around the gasifier
> > main shell; cyclone for droplet removal; chemically activated
> > sawdust tar filter; sawdust safety filter and an Isuzu truck air
> > filter as a final gas filter
> > -> Cooling tower: Cooling is done with a tray type cooling tower
> > with cooling water circulated by 12V bilge pumps
> > -> Motor: 4.1 litre Chev 6 cylinder
> > -> Alternator: 380V ST synchronous alternator with AVR Uses LPG gas
> > to -> start the motor allowing the motor to draw the gas
> > through the system. Once operating smoothly and gasfier glowing 
> > adequately, the LPG is slowly shut off while the air/fuel ratio is 
> > adjusted for the lower BTU syngas. This start up method works very 
> > well - takes about 5 minutes to switch over from LPG to syngas
> > 
> > I have a lot of experience and clearly a lot more technical specs
> > if anyone is interested. Post your queries and I will answer them
> > so that we all learn from our experience.
> > 
> > Rex Zietsman
> > 
> > 
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...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
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