[Gasification] 3 injured in Fortum bio-oil plant explosion

[thomas reed]

Dear Tom Miles and All

I used to love the name, Bio-Oil, suggesting  my two passions, Biomass and
Energy.

However,

Biomass condensed vapors are highly oxygenated, and hardly an "oil".  The
term attracts the unwary.

Auto-pyrolysis (at 500-600C) of biomass produces a relatively clean gas
from the cellulose,

  C6H10O5 (cellulose) + 1/2 O2 ===> 6 CO + 5 H2

  Good for cooking and driving cars/trucks

  Plus Biochar, excellent for improving the ground and atmosphere (by its
absence).
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  But externally heated pyrolysis units produce a witches brew of
chemicals, some useful       when pure (methanol, vanillan, acetic acid)
but in low concentration, and better made more directly.
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Am I missing something?

Tom Reed

On Friday, March 28, 2014, Tom Miles <tmiles at trmiles.com> wrote:

> The industry is not without risk.
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> http://www.finlandtimes.fi/national/2014/03/28/5723/3-injured-in-Fortum-bio-oil-plant-explosion
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> 3 injured in Fortum bio-oil plant explosion<http://www.finlandtimes.fi/national/2014/03/28/5723/3-injured-in-Fortum-bio-oil-plant-explosion>
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> FTimes-STT Report, March 28
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> http://www.finlandtimes.fi/assets/images/news_images/2014/03/28/for_details/image_5723_0.jpg]<http://www.finlandtimes.fi/assets/images/news_images/2014/03/28/for_details/image_5723_0.jpg>
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> *The office of energy company Fortum in Espoo. Photo- Lehtikuva.
> <http://www.finlandtimes.fi/assets/images/news_images/2014/03/28/for_details/image_5723_0.jpg>*
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> Three people were wounded in an explosion in Fortum's bio-oil plant in
> Joensuu on Thursday.
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> Two of them, who sustained burn injures, were taken to a hospital while
> one was injured less severely, sources at the company said.
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> Operations at the bio-oil plant were halted and it was likely to remain
> closed for several days, according to plant manager Timo Partanen.
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> The rescue department received alarm at around 2pm. The gas explosion
> happened after the workers had gone to inspect a tank.
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> The injured workers managed to flee the scene of explosion by themselves.
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> The plant was commissioned last year to produce bio-oil from wood-based
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> - See more at:
> http://www.finlandtimes.fi/national/2014/03/28/5723/3-injured-in-Fortum-bio-oil-plant-explosion#sthash.Y3gnQ442.dpuf
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Dr. Thomas B. Reed
The Biomass Energy Foundation
BEF, BEC, BER
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