[Stoves] A continuous feed rice husk gasifier for parboiling 40 kg of rice?

[Serge Horsmans]

Dear Mr. Paré (and other insiders),

I am wondering if a continuous feed rice husk gasifier could be used
in the parboiling process of rice in Benin.   We would like to replace
the use of fuelwood by rice husk in the parboiling process of rice.
My question could be simplified by asking if it is possible to raise
the temperature of 25 l. of water to about 80°C in a time frame of
about 30 min?  (Today they are using fuelwood and it takes about 30
min . with fuelwood.  They will accept the rice husk gasifier more
easily if it has a similar performance).   Next we steam for about 30
min. with about 6 l. water, could this be done with the same device as
we used to heat the water?
I am looking forward to hear from you.

Kind regards,

Serge


2015-02-16 18:25 GMT+01:00, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott
<crispinpigott at outlook.com>:
> The person to ask about this is Marc Paré.
>
> He is copied above. He might give you a little time. He worked on rice hull
> gasifiers in Vietnam for a time, optimising them.
>
> I saw a set of pictures of a continuous rice hull burner with a step grate
> for a salt making operating. I don't have details but it was cheap.
>
> The person who took the photos is Prianti Utami at YDD in Yogyakarta.
>
> Regards
> Crispin
> From: Serge Horsmans
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 00:07
> To: stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org
> Reply To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves
> Subject: [Stoves] A continuous feed rice husk gasifier for parboiling 40 kg
> of rice?
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> I am wondering if a continuous feed rice husk gasifier could be used
> in the parboiling process of rice in Benin.
> The three basic steps of parboiling are soaking, steaming and drying.
> For parboiling we first soak 40 kg of paddy in 25 l. of water . The
> paddy and the water are heated to 80°C.  Could this be done with  a
> continuous gasifier ?
> Next we steam for about 30 min. with about 6 l. water. Could this be
> done with the same continuous gasifier we used for soaking ?
> It will be used outdoor.
> I am looking forward to your answers.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Serge
>
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