[Gasification] No time for beer in Munich- there's a real live imbert gasifier here

[jim mason]

i'm still in munich and still enjoying the deutsches museum.  i asked for
permission to inspect the internals of the imbert gasifier on the adler and
was, shockingly, granted an "ok" to do so.  i spent three hours digging
around in it yesterday, taking pictures of all internals, measuring details
for cad drawings, and taking char samples.  i was rather wonderful, in a
somewhat disturbingly geeky way.

after closer inspection, i need to somewhat retract the statement that the
ancients had nothing on us "moderns".  there were some unusual and
unexpected things in the imbert.  things i've never realized from the
drawings and the reports.  nothing game changing, but some of the details
and integrations between internal reactor components was more mature than
we've realized.  i'm going to need to write this up in a series of reports,
going component by component.   in the interim, here's a portrait of the
researcher at work . . .

http://www.gekgasifier.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=1002&c=newimages

also, there turned out to be another vehicle with an imbert gasifier in the
vehicle part of the museum.  this one was a ford truck with behind cab
unit.  same basic architecture and components, but some significant
differences in execution.

i didn't get to spelunk the ford gasifier.  i only got to dig through the
one on the adler.  but fortunately i got to dig all i wanted.  the musuem
staff was excited that someone actually cared about this.  the docents
wanted to learn lots of details of why and how, as they gives tours of this
machine regularly.

reports will start soon.

jim






On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Mark Ludlow <mark at ludlow.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Rolf!
>
> Very useful insight and perspective. Things are often much more than they
> seem. (Every picture tells a story!)
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gasification-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org
> [mailto:gasification-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Rolf
> Uhle
> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 11:19 AM
> To: Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification
> Subject: Re: [Gasification] No time for beer in Munich- there's a real live
> imbert gasifier here
>
> Hallo Jim,
> nice to know you enjoyed the GM just like I did both times I visited it -
> must
> be 30 + years ago.
> The beer is good, too, but we also had good stuff at Zellingen.
>
> "just basic steel and surprisingly mediocore welding. it was funny to
> see so many of the same problems and needs solved on the imbert in the
> same hack manner many of us still do with a welder and a hammer. i saw
> little lost knowledge to rediscover. i saw lots of expedience,
> simplicity, and band aids."
>
> |||Those were hard times, self earned of course. People I talked to who had
> lived that time told me everything good was reserved for military
> production,
> civil items were welded together by any means, gas mostly or with crap
> electrodes and by those workers ( very often unskilled women and compulsary
> labour) the war could spare.
> And god knows how often they fixed broken weldings after a unlit night
> drive
>
> over badly worn roads full of potholes. My parents told me amazing stories
> about improvising and survival.
> Plain sheet steel was everything they had, anything noble went into
> weapons.
> With the same effort in civil achievements, Hitler would have won any war
> without fighting one...
>
> If you ever have a chance to see the Verkehrsmuseum Luzern (CH) , go.
> It is smaller than the DM but really woth your while.
>
> I went to the Valladolid Biomass Energy Show and showed some pictures of
> the
>
> PP around. Great response!
> We would have triumphed !
> Next year perhaps...
> Rolf
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Am Donnerstag, 28. Oktober 2010 03:43:25 schrieb jim mason:
> > just basic steel and surprisingly mediocore welding. it was funny to
> > see so many of the same problems and needs solved on the imbert in the
> > same hack manner many of us still do with a welder and a hammer. i saw
> > little lost knowledge to rediscover. i saw lots of expedience,
> > simplicity, and band aids.
>
>
>
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