<div>Dear Tom. </div>
<div>if you looked at the way the TLUD stove operates, one realises that the gases generated at the combustion zone pass through the char that is generated by the system. Can one assume that these gases are adsorbed, at least to some extent, by the char through which they are passing, and that the tar in the gases blocks the pores in the char? I made char out of 5 samples of dry leaves, collected from underneath different species of trees, and one sample of bamboo. Literature says that charcoal from bamboo has half the adsorptive value of the commercially available activated charcoal. I therefore tested the absorptive value of all the samples and found to my surprise that their absorptive value ranged from 4 to 8% of that of commercially available activated charcoal. Even bamboo charcoal did not show the expected 50% absorptivity. Incidentally, I have tested off and on during the last 10 years, the effect of charcoal on crops. I used the charcoal obtained by using our TLUD kiln. I never saw any positive effect on any crop.</div>
<div>Yours</div>
<div>A.D.Karve<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 3:06 AM, Tom Reed <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tombreed2010@gmail.com" target="_blank">tombreed2010@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>WWII gasification converted all the fuel into a low quality (150Btu/scf) gas that required considerable cleanup. Before use in engines. </div>
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<div>Now that we recognize the value of biochar as </div>
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<div>O. A soil amendment</div>
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<div>O. Reducing global warming</div>
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<div>a second option is more attractive.</div>
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<div>In the TLUD stove and larger (eg 33 gal garbage can) only the cellulose burns, giving a cleaner gas</div>
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<div>C6H10O5 + 1/2 O2 ===></div>
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<div>Plus. biochar for addition to the soil. </div>
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<div>Comments???</div>
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<div>Tom Reed</div>
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<div>Dr Thomas B Reed</div>
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<div><br>On Feb 5, 2014, at 4:15 PM, "Tom Miles" <<a href="mailto:tmiles@trmiles.com" target="_blank">tmiles@trmiles.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif';FONT-SIZE:18pt">PERFORMANCE STUDIES ON DOWNDRAFT GASIFIER WITH BIOMASS ENERGY SOURCES AVAILABLE IN REMOTE VILLAGES <u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">V. ChristusJeya Singh, S. Joseph Sekhar and K. Thyagarajan<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">DOI : </span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">10.3844/ajassp.2014.611.622<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">American Journal of Applied Sciences</span></i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">Volume 11, Issue 4<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">Pages 611-622<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif';FONT-SIZE:13.5pt">Abstract <u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">Increasing global concern over the environmental issues and depletion of fossil fuels, significant interest has been shown by the researchers to develop alternate energy technologies like biomass, biogas, solar to meet the future energy demand. The prediction of the performance of different biomass energy sources in gasifiers is needed for the implementation of this technology to fulfil the need of decentralized heat and power applications, relevant to remote villages. This study presents the theoretical and experimental studies conducted on a 50 kW downdraft biomass gasifier with various biomass materials such as wood, coconut shell, rubber seed kernel and coir pith which are generally available in villages. Two-zone kinetic equilibrium model approach is used to predict the composition and temperature of the producer gas. The influence of equivalence ratio on the reaction temperature, quality of producer gas and gasifier conversion efficiency are discussed. The experimental and theoretical studies show that the rubber seed kernel can be effectively used as a feedstock of the biomass gasifier to meet the rural energy demand.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt">Singh, V.C., S.J. Sekhar and K. Thyagarajan, 2014. Performance studies on downdraft gasifier with biomass energy sources available in remote villages. Am. J. Applied Sci., 11: 611-622.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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