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Doug and all,<br>
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You can count me as "in" to assist where appropriate. Main topics
for me include:<br>
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A. The production of electricity via char-gasification gases into
IC engines.<br>
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B. To better understand the amounts of heat wanted for the drying
processes.<br>
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C. Need to know about the types and amounts of biomass.<br>
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This Gasification Listserv is certainly a good place to have further
discussions.<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Doc / Dr TLUD / Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD
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Skype: paultlud Phone: +1-309-452-7072
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Hi Gasification Colleagues,<br>
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While we can "collectively" offer <span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Mr
Feinstein just about everything for his project from a
commercial perspective, his project description clearly states
that they wish to develop cheap low cost solutions to become
locally manufactured. These are the things that bother me
regarding their concept objectives.<br>
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1. If he imports a Intern Engineer for $500 a month, just how
much real value could this person offer for such a short term
contract? <br>
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2. Making charcoal, no problem, but easiest and cheapest option
reduces waste heat collection or close coupled combustion for
driers.<br>
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3. Quality of charcoal for power generation is OK for the
cheapest char making option, but this is not the quality found
in activated carbon.<br>
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4. Steam is required for blanching the product, so a low cost
boiler is a necessity, along with water treatment, the main
factor of boiler efficiency, even cheap ones.<br>
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5. Steam blanching has an issue of toxic waste water, and in a
rural location, ground water will become contaminated unless
treated. Do they know about this and who will monitor the ground
water?<br>
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6. Maybe activated carbon can be used to clean up the waste
stream, but it would be purchased, as a cheap char option does
not create the type of temperature or steam pressures to make
it.<br>
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7. No indicative amount of power generation is stated, but one
might think it would be at least 15-20 kWe given that motor
start-ups on oil extruder's etc, need power generation reserves.
Cheap generators can be an expensive low cost solution,
especially if any computers become part of the process. <br>
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Start-up rural projects like this have a history which tell us
not to reinvent the wheel yet once again. The easiest way to do
this is to offer unpaid enthusiastic help to the selected
engineering graduate, and this open Gasification list offers a
good way to do it., So who is in, what can you offer Mr
Feinsteins team? <br>
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Doug Williams,<br>
Fluidyne.<br>
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