<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">List, Boris, Frits</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1. It seems Boris might be mostly interested in biochar (we don’t usually hear the word “pyrolysis” on this gasification list.) One resource I have recently learned about that does a good job on many types of pyrolysis (char-making):</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/documents/1107017.pdf" class="">https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/documents/1107017.pdf</a> </div><div class="">A little old, but might contain some useful ideas for continuous char-making.</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Boris may want to participate on the (sister) biochar list, which sometimes uses the word “gasification”, but is mostly about pyrolysis (char-making). </div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Found at <a href="https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/biochar/info" class="">https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/biochar/info</a>; We hear about continuous char-making every few months. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2, Frits: Any char-making (pyrolysis) in your own work with engines?</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>3. I know of two places doing continuous pyrolysis (char-making, not char-consuming) and engines:</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="http://bekbiochar.pbworks.com/w/page/6465132/FrontPage" class="">http://bekbiochar.pbworks.com/w/page/6465132/FrontPage</a> and <a href="http://www.allpowerlabs.com/products/biochar" class="">http://www.allpowerlabs.com/products/biochar</a> (in Berkeley)</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="http://www.vgridenergy.com/" class="">http://www.vgridenergy.com/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4. There are probably many more running engines AND char-making, such as ??</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ron</div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:gasification-request@lists.bioenergylists.org" class="">gasification-request@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Gasification Digest, Vol 80, Issue 8</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">November 21, 2017 at 12:00:01 PM MST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org" class="">gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org" class="">gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="">Send Gasification mailing list submissions to<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org" class="">gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br class=""><br class="">To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org<br class=""><br class="">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>gasification-request@lists.bioenergylists.org<br class=""><br class="">You can reach the person managing the list at<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>gasification-owner@lists.bioenergylists.org<br class=""><br class="">When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br class="">than "Re: Contents of Gasification digest..."<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Today's Topics:<br class=""><br class=""> 1. Re: Destructive pyrolysis (Frits Vandermerwe)<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">----------------------------------------------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Message: 1<br class="">Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 06:14:32 +0200<br class="">From: Frits Vandermerwe <frini4@gmail.com><br class="">To: gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org<br class="">Subject: Re: [Gasification] Destructive pyrolysis<br class="">Message-ID:<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><CA+sjeGyXxSMbmpvjaEUQc+TjuUDA+u3ZVa+1yAm_ngj3tma8Jw@mail.gmail.com><br class="">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br class=""><br class="">Hi Boris<br class="">What are you gasifying? For heat or to use the gas in an engine?<br class="">Is it a stationary unit? What is the quantity of biomass per hour?<br class="">There are many helpful documents on the web.<br class="">I suppose you fave looked at the FEMA emergency gasifier, the FAO 72<br class="">document "Wood gas as engine fuel", Handbook of biomass downdraft gasifier<br class="">engine systems etc.<br class="">I have a system using firewood to feed a 6cyl Deutz engine that has been<br class="">running for more than 4000 hours now, supplying about 25kva.<br class="">Frits<br class=""><br class="">On 13 Nov 2017 01:37, "Boris B" <nairib@gmail.com> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""> I currently have a batch type high temperature pyrolysis system and I<br class="">would like to upgrade to a continuous type reactor and refine the design.<br class="">I developed this via trial and error and now would like to upgrade and make<br class="">this system more efficient.<br class=""> Where can a person go to find in depth information with regards to design<br class="">and performance of these units?<br class=""> Any help is appreciated.<br class="">Boris<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Gasification mailing list<br class=""><br class="">to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br class="">Gasification@bioenergylists.org<br class=""><br class="">to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<br class="">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.<br class="">bioenergylists.org<br class=""><br class="">for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site:<br class="">http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/<br class="">-------------- next part --------------<br class="">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br class="">URL: <http://lists.bioenergylists.org/pipermail/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org/attachments/20171121/7d4f385d/attachment-0001.html><br class=""><br class="">------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Subject: Digest Footer<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Gasification mailing list<br class=""><br class="">to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br class="">Gasification@bioenergylists.org<br class=""><br class="">to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<br class="">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org<br class=""><br class="">for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site:<br class="">http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">End of Gasification Digest, Vol 80, Issue 8<br class="">*******************************************<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>